Two baked pies and two written poems later, the carport Thanksgiving actually happened on a lovely light decked porch deck, small and coronavirus style in 60 degree clear sky weather. When it comes to cooking turkey, Katherine is the Top Chef winner. She also took most of these pictures. But I’m always up for taking […]
My mailbox is about 200 yards from our house. This was a steep mile up to Buffalo Mountain, the highest point of Floyd County. There were lots of places to stop and sit on the way up. A root mandala. We made it! I call this “the hood ornament.” And this is a natural bonsai […]
Our new Buff Orpington chickens met our old Jersey Giants and were working towards a smooth transition. Suspicions slowly turned to curiosity. The four of them were like the adults in the room who had to ‘take it outside’ while four younger new hens were huddled together in the henhouse. While I was figuring out […]
It was limited ticketed $eating at Dogtown with tables spread out and masks worn when not eating or drinking. We went for the dancing (and it was great) and we got a drag show that wasn’t a drag to boot, and yes, I wore boots. We got haunted by a Queen bat and a mesmerizing […]
We played nice in the sandbox at the Blind Pig’s End of Season Cajun Blues Fest. I really thought the vintage car was a prop for the tiki bar red, until a couple got up from their table and drove off in it. Product placement? There were crab legs, shrimp, corn on the cob, lobster […]
It was a live videotaping (and an after shoot dance party) of our friend Katie Wells’ Conscious Dance Theatre performance of Love Letters to Humanity, her one-person show that weaves dance improvisation, theatre and spoken word, revealing both the struggle and humor on the search for embodiment. Katie’s performance will be going live at the […]
Art can be a cure for the pandemic/election blues. So, I went to an art exhibit at the Floyd Center for the Arts. It was curated by master potter, 16 Hands co-founder/member and FCA’s 2020 featured artist Silvie Granatelli. Silvie not only shares some of her personal collection of other potters’ work, which she describes […]
And they played Mustang Sally, so my night was made! It was the 3rd Annual Customer Appreciation Day & Fall Festival at the Buffalo Mountain Brewery. By evening, we had a committed dance contingency, just like old times before the pandemic. CC Coates’ consummate musicianship had us up dancing (outside) right away, and once we […]
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Joe named our camp “Camp Quattro,” because there were four of us. It’s actually part of an old Civilian Conservation Corps (a public works program for young men during the Great Depression) Camp along Rock Castle Gorge Creek. The camping is primitive and there’s a short hike in to it. I think Liam’s tie dye […]
It was all in the family when we ran into our grandsons’ aunt and uncle and cousin Julian at Dogtown Roadhouse Saturday night. It turns out that cousin Julian is my new best dance buddy! Everyone wants to dance with that boy! Even strangers (new friends). The band was great and Julian made an impression […]
Green means go! Play outside! And We Have Lift Off! That was the description on the invite of the “more-than-10 but less-than-50 persons” Space Jam party at OuterSpace, the collaborative Locust Street venue of John Beegle’s Bootleg BBQ, Erika Johnson’s Revolution Juice Yurt and Barbara Gillespie’s Grateful Bread Magic Bus. Guests enjoyed a gourmet dinner […]
