These are my people. There’s a reason why dancing to The Kind at the Pine has been a Halloween tradition in Floyd for decades. We all love the music (lots of Grateful Dead), love to dance and no one has more fun. I thought Wendy was Tigger from Winnie the Pooh and Rick (on drums) […]
I did not wear anything orange, but a few were in costume at Dogtown Friday night, where Music Road Company and friends raised the dead (I mean roof, maybe). Joe and I had just come from a June Bug performance of The Addams Family, so the skeleton coming out of a casket at the front […]
The New River Trail follows along an old railroad track path. It’s 57 flat scenic miles long that runs along the New River, some private property and the carved-out side of a mountain. It’s the longest and narrowest Virginia State Park. Joe could have done the whole thing easy. He’s done longer bike rides. But, […]
It was the annual Tour de Dirt fundraiser ride for PLENTY! Farm and Food Bank. Joe, who had a pulled muscle from playing soccer and couldn’t ride this year, was my backseat photographer. Sometimes he took pictures with his phone. Other times he directed traffic. That’s my friend Miriam taking a picture of me taking […]
Aka: Morgan Wade Goes to Jail for All the Right Reasons. Not only did we see Floyd’s own country chart climbin’ star Morgan Wade perform at the Gray Eagle in Asheville, but she and her awesome band stayed at my son Josh and his wife Emily’s Old Marshall Jail Hotel in Marshall NC. We took […]
Born and raised in Southwest Virginia, Derek Kitts is a decorated veteran and small business owner who is running for the 7th District Delegate seat on the Democratic ticket. He was recently hosted to attend a business roundtable luncheon at The Hotel Floyd by hotel owners Kamala Bauers and Jack Wall. Special guest Mayor Will […]
My Jokester friend Ryan reports: “400 water balloons.” “Everyone on the field died. The best war ever. No animosity cause everyone died.” Don’t even think about it, Ryan. Who you gonna call?
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 22, 2021. The June Bug Center’s Musical presented three performances of The Little Mermaid Jr. at the Floyd County High School auditorium over the weekend (July 16 – 18), incorporating a number of handmade props and set pieces made by campers at a June Bug […]
Boys in boats And evening floats Wildlife sightings and new friends with fish. Can you guess what it is? Here’s a hint. It showed its displeasure by slapping its tail, a warning to send us away. The view from a canoe is better than the zoo. It was a wild and wet weekend. We’ll be […]
Who needs Broadway? Look what we have right here in Floyd. These are my sneak peaks of The June Bug Center’s Musical Theatre for Teens production of The Little Mermaid Jr. performed over the weekend. Look for a story and photos in an upcoming Floyd Press. Feel free to sing along!
Thanks to Barb Gillespie at OuterSpace Space Cafe in Downtown Floyd for fulfilling my strawberry shortcake dreams! I had asked on our Facebook Floyd Group in late June what restaurants in Floyd might be serving my favorite seasonal dessert. The thread got long and I got lots of recipes to make it. But I didn’t […]
Over the weekend, I juggled an art show opening, a classical music concert and a get-down-to-it dance party at Dogtown. Hillbillyz, Chillbillyz? No, it’s ThrillBillyz and we had a rockin’ good time dancing to their music. I don’t really know what is happening here. Gettin’ down? I think this was when he found the winner […]
