Loose Leaf Notes

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Floyd loves reggae. It was the season kick-off for the Sky High Roots Reggae Season with Crucial Fiya at Dogtown. The band did a Bob Marley tribute, along with their own songs. Yes, we were jammin’ Yes, we sang along. DJ rubystar was in the house and artist Jesi Lundy projected her art for a […]

Game night antics involved a box of chocolates, chips, dips and drinks and a mad libs card game not for the faint at heart. In other words, not your grandmother’s bridge party. Take two: I told my friend Susanna that I wouldn’t put this picture of her in The Floyd Press, like I did HERE […]

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We rang in the New Year with a sold-out dance party at Dogtown Roadhouse last night. There were lights, glitter, songs and champagne. We got down on the dance floor like a Times Square ball drop. We took a cup of kindness with old friends and new for auld lang syne. There goes 2022. Here […]

The following 2022 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: The snow we got at the New Year was like frosting that covered everything and made me wonder where the […]

The Yankee Swap referee. The family portrait. Let the Catan games begin! The band. Everyone has their eye on that yard of Twix. Some are Yankee Swap spectators. What time is it? Christmas morning. Mother and son time. Is it another yard of twix? Maybe something for golf? Santa is the ultimate referee. He says […]

As a young girl, I was intrigued by the story of Hansel and Gretel, especially the part when they came across the gingerbread house of candy. Although the story turned dark, I never forgot my delight over that fairytale house. So, it’s no surprise that every year, I am drawn to the Floyd Country Store’s […]

Home for the Holidays, a Virginia Blue Ridge Music Festival classical music concert with Maestro David Wiley and friends, received a warm and cheerful reception at the Floyd Event Center on Sunday. Wiley on piano shared the stage with soprano Adelaide Muir and violinist Kevin Matheson. “The spirit of this is family and friends around […]

We went to a “Christmas Office party.” It just happened to be a Floydfest party for the festival team of workers. We got a top-notch 4-wheel tour of the new Floydfest site. There was an inaugural “On-the-Rise” Cookie Competition. The spread included some “Bad Ass” cookies. Not to be confused with the “Good as Shi*” […]

I went to see Santa! He’s an old friend. The real Santa, I’m convinced. The spirit of St. Nick incarnate. He brought the kid out in me. I raised my hand like the other kids and most of the adults when he asked, ‘who’s on the list?’“ The naughty list?” he joked. And I sang […]