Loose Leaf Notes

_______Wordless Wednesday

My close friend for the past 3+ decades passed away this morning. I’m told it was a peaceful passing. Alwyn was 95. We had a 95th birthday for her at her Warm Hearth apartment this past November. Friends gathered, songs were sung (listen HERE), cake was eaten. The last time I saw her was for […]

I got there early. Not only did I get a first-class seat (which happened to be a bench in front of the Floyd Country Store) while waiting for the doors to open for a Meet & Greet with our rising star homegirl Morgan Wade, I got a front row seat when I went inside.  To […]

-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 7, 2022. Joe Klein’s preparations to section hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to North Carolina took more time than his actual journey and involved researching and purchasing the best lightweight gear, preparing and freeze-drying meals, and taking practice day-hikes near his home along the […]

Joe got off the trail at the Nantahala Outdoor Center but not before a second blast of cold weather in his two week AT hike. Feeling celebratory after hiking 145 miles, he got in his comfy new crocs and waited for our son Josh, who lives in Marshall NC, to pick him up and drive […]

It was a good dance turn-out for a good band and a sacrifice on my part to giving up dancing while getting this short clip of my favorite song they do. Watching my friend Sally dance to her namesake song was worth the price of admission. Watch her smile and wave (near the end between […]

We didn’t read poetry, but we still got to “act our age.” And so did he! Everyone who posed at Allister’s birthday photo booth was numero uno for a few minutes. Happy Birthday Allister! ________Still Acting Our Age poetry reading tour is HERE and HERE. 

Well, I’ve always called it Round Ball, but whatever the name, it seems to be everyone’s favorite. By my count (videos and blog posts), the band has played at Dogtown six times. Add Floydfest to that and you can just about double the amount of times that they’ve played in Floyd. The Hotel Floyd was […]

“You spend the first part of your life collecting things and the second half getting rid of them.” Isabel Allende I’ve always been a documenter. I have dozens and dozens of photo albums that I started keeping in the ‘70s.  Most are the bulky magnetic self-stick 3-ring albums, but once they collected and started to […]

I don’t remember exactly what Dead Reckoning drummer George Penn was saying to the crowd but I know this is a front-page picture. I do remember his enthusiasm and the energy and love shared by the musicians and dancers. We danced amongst friends and next to a fireman from Nelson County, who came specifically to […]

-The following 2021 review was done by excerpting the first line or few in one post from each month last year. You can click on the name of the month for a full accounting. January – Here we snow again: Remember when masks were for winter weather and practically no one worked from home? Remember […]

And dancing in the New Year! Here’s to you! In 2022!