AKA: Ahh…A Day at the Spa The Following appeared in the regional newspaper insert “All About Her” in October. Although I sent the editor more than six photos to go with the piece, she chose only this one, assuring that my foot would be viewed by readers from all over South West Virginia. Most young […]
The following was published in The Floyd Press on January 3, 2008. You know the saying ‘everything under the sun?’ Now you can get Mexican food there. A new restaurant called El Charro recently opened in the lower level of the Winter Sun building on Locust Street in downtown Floyd. El Charro means “the cowboy” […]
The following was published in the Floyd Press on December 13, 2007. The Floyd Home Companion is a theatrical performance scheduled to open at the Winter Sun Hall on Friday and Saturday, December 14th and 15th at 7 p.m. and Sunday December 16th at 5 p.m. The show is a take-off on The Prairie […]
The following was published in The Floyd Press on December 6, 2007. Roberta Flack meets Bob Marley, that’s how I first described the music of Emily Brass when she was lead singer for the popular Floyd-based band, Foundation Stone. Back then I considered Foundation Stone to be a hometown “house band.” They regularly played at […]
This is what I did last weekend. The story (posted below) that resulted from the day appeared in The Floyd Press yesterday, November 15, 2007. Last Spring Floyd County Historical Society archivist, Kathleen Ingoldsby, and Joe Klein, an integrative education advocate, traveled to Bland County to learn about Place Based Education from John Dobson, a […]
The following was published in the Floyd Press on September 20, 2007. The “beef naturally” sausage dished up by Larry Bright of Bright’s farm in Floyd was a hit. There was a line of people at the main tasting tent waiting to sample Paul Hooper’s pasta sauce. Jim Politis, of Riner’s Buffalo Store fame, provided […]
The following was published in The Floyd Press on September 6, 2007 with the title “They Specialize in the Catch of the Day.” I’ve nicknamed them the Indigo Girls, after the female singing duo from Atlanta. But this Floyd County duo goes by the name of Indigo Farms. Indigo Farms owners, Teresa Nester and Susan […]
I’ve never paid much attention to football. It took two big names, John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band in concert together to finally get me into Virginia Tech’s Lane stadium. This free concert was conceived by Matthews, the Grammy award winning musician from Charlottesville, Virginia, as a way to show support for Tech after […]
The following was published in the Floyd Press on August 9, 2007. Local poets stepped up their presence at FloydFest this year by way of a stage in the Global Village. We moved from our soapbox stand under the Poetree at the festival entrance because with continuous bands playing on two near-by stages, we could […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on May 10, 2007. On a warm Valentine’s Day in 2005, while shopping at the Harvest Moon Food Store, something unusual caught my eye. I was making my way down a store aisle, filling my basket when I noticed a woman who looked overdressed for […]
The following was originally a WVTF radio essay. It appeared in The Floyd Press yesterday, May 10th, titled “It’s Never Too Late to Get to Know Your Mother,” and on Loose Leaf last year with more photos, the uncut text, and a link to a story about writing and recording it HERE. Last December a […]
The following was originally published in The Floyd Press newspaper on 3/29/07 as “Hotel rooms to showcase aspects of Floyd’s talent.” It’s official. The first item for the Floyd Writer’s Room, one of the themed guest rooms planned for the Hotel Floyd, has been purchased. It’s an antique writing desk with lots of interesting drawers, […]
