I put my Massachusetts sisters to work collecting eggs right away. Love of dancing runs in our family. Floyd Small Town Summer with Music Road Company was a blast. I told my sistahs ‘this is how we live all the time in Floyd!” Besides the Small Town Summer dancing, Trish got a nice immersion of […]
Ray Wylie Hubbard plays Good Old Country Blues at the Epperly Mill in Floyd VA. Here, he explains how and why he named one of his albums “A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint: There is No C).” His answer is great and the clip is a good example of his songwriting, his storytelling and his and […]
Music Road Company at Dogtown Roadhouse.
I think my friend Steve wanted me to look at his T-shirt but all I could see was his nachos. We were at a memorial show at Dogtown for our friend Mark Proctor, who recently died in a car crash. It was also a fundraiser in Mark’s honor for The Floyd Country Store’s Handmade Music […]
Our Parkway get-away is a 5-minute vacation. And it’s just five-minutes from our house. We call this Fire Pink Alley. Firepink Alley leads to Columbine Corner. Now that’s what I call pink!
A kiss is when the bocce ball you throw ends up touching the pallino target ball and you get an extra game point. “Mama Gonna Knock You Out.” That’s what my friend Chris said when it was my turn to throw. I like bocce ball because anyone, even me, can play and even after a […]
Welcome a new local band, and one you can dance to, Appalachian Space Train. They played two Neil Young cover’s and two from the Beatles. The last set was all originals. I sat with my new kilt-wearing friend Caveman Jones. Primarily known as a drummer and teacher/musical director at HoloRhythm Community Drum School, Caveman (and […]
We were thrilled to see pink trilliums. Fire pinks really know how to get your attention. I’m told there are five kinds of violets at the bottom of Rock Castle Gorge and we saw all five of them. We would have taken more pictures but we were too busy walking and talking. Virginia Bluebells are […]
_______Our World Tuesday
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on March 18, 2021. The yearly New Voices Exhibit at Floyd Center for the Arts’ Hayloft Gallery features emerging artists who were referred by local university professors and master artists. This year the works of eleven artists are being shown from February 13 to April 3. Although […]
The sign ninjas are at it again. More on their uplifting messaging HERE. ______Our World Tuesday / Wordless Wednesday
This is my dear friend Alwyn reading the story I wrote for The Floyd Press about Kathleen Weddle Jamison’s 100th birthday celebration. “Are you going to write a story for me when I turn 100?” she asked. “I’ll write one as big as a billboard!” I answered. She’s 94! “Do you mind if I take […]
