Seems that a new break dance boy band took to the dance floor at Dogtown Roadhouse on Friday. They came and went like a small flash mob. And they weren’t the only ones who were moved to move to Seph Custer and the Flatbreaks’ talented playing. Seph’s Intro on Facebook: High energy performances utilizing techniques […]
The closing gratitude circle at the Mindful Living and Soulful Aging retreat was an opportunity to ring the singing bowl and send our thoughts out into the universe. Someone read a poem. Martha sang a song that came to mind… long have I waited for your coming. Robin recited words from one of her original […]
Katherine Chantal and I presented a keynote poetry reading at the Mindful Living Soulful Aging retreat, held over the weekend at the Floyd EcoVillage and hosted by Instill Mindfulness and Be Well Now. “Mining the Gold of the Inner Life,” the sixth installment of our call-and-response Soulful Aging readings, set the tone for the retreat […]
Joe and I and my young sons were living in a bus attached to a tiny cabin at the Zephyr community when Cloe and her twin Clary were born there. Last year Clary married Michael and this year it was Cloe and Clay. Katherine, a life passage ceremonialist and Zephyr family member, welcomed the large […]
I missed all the Dogtown dancing with friends, the Small Town Summer dancing to Music Road Co, the last weekdays of the Country Club pool being open and the in-the-loop news following last week. I had a paying job, one of just a few that I’m well-suited for, providing childcare for an active two-year-old boy […]
I had forgotten how much humor was mixed in with the drama of Steel Magnolias. The above photo depicts the opening scene of the play performed by the New River Theatre Guild at the June Bug Center last night. At first I wasn’t sure who was under that head of wild hair. It turned out […]
Springhouse students shared talks and slide shows with an enthusiastic audience for Community Presentation Night 2024. Presentations topics outlined some of the school’s features and included talks on school trips, screen printing in the school Print Shop, community dance, mentoring, and land stewardship. Senior Capstone Presentations included reviews of school highlights, sharings of personal growth […]
Nope. They have their own 9 to 5 song. Joe heard it and told me they were doing Dolly Parton. It seemed unlikely and I couldn’t hear it, so I videotaped a bit and when I listened at home, I realized No. Floyd’s Father Sun band, a reggae band that consists of a father, a […]
And here we are living the pub life: good friends, good brew and good music to boot. I went for the Buffalo Mountain Brewery couches, to meet up with my sweet friend Sudha (who came with her friend Doris) and to hear the Yardweez‘s rocking folk and songwriting, done mostly by Noah Broe. Noah has […]
It was a marathon dance party with Dead Reckoning at Dogtown last night. I danced the whole 2 set show, thanks to my friends who danced beside me and whose energy held me up. Even the Drum/Space. The knowing smiles on everyone’s faces, the sing-alongs and the energy raised helped me go past my regular […]
The Partnership for Floyd will be celebrating 20 years of service to our community with a FREE ice cream social at the end of the Floyd Earth Day in the Park, April 20, 3 – 4 pm, following the Appalachian Species Giant Puppet Parade. – The following article first appeared (with small edits) in the […]
We got some good dancing in to Gote at Dogtown. Gote is a regional band with some names we are familiar with: John McBroom on vocals and guitar, Foster Burton on vocals and guitar, Jay Gladden on drums and Matt Leonard on guitar. They do mostly originals with some Grateful Dead flavor dropped in and […]
