Loose Leaf Notes

A couple of the anonymous signs that have been showing up in Floyd recently. Another one on the north side of Route 8 read, “You are Beautiful!”

A Little Monkey Business just opened downtown in the front spot at the Station.  The shop features imported clothing, home décor and jewelry from around the world and is run by Chris Cole, and old friend and former owner of Native Cotton in Blacksburg, and Pam Helm. Stop by and say hello. Straight Out of […]

All I can say is that it was strange to be working on a story about the Artful Ambiance of Floydfest for the local paper and a benefit American Championship Wrestling Show in the same weekend. There was a lot of clowning (some caused by me getting too close to the ring with my camera), […]

The following appeared in The Floyd Press on July 19, 2012 The Jacksonville Center for the Arts’ largest juried show to date featured 118 pieces and drew a full house on Saturday. Attendees enjoyed a talk by juror Jim Moon and a Meet the Artists Reception. Friends greet each other as another attendee quietly responds […]

There’s a silo overlooking the pool at Great Oaks Country Club. This is the way the pool looked when I got there on Wednesday for the 3:30 adult swim. And this is the way it looked 20 minutes later, after a roar of thunder and the sound of a lifeguard’s whistle blowing.  “Now I know […]

I’m just sorry I missed the watermelon seed spitting contest. Look for photos of this second  Town Jubilee event in this week’s Floyd Press.

Cutting down trees, splitting them for posts and digging holes are all in day’s work for building a fence around our garden. Watch some of the action below. I wonder if the above video clip on splitting a locust tree with hand tools will be half as popular as the older video I posted on […]

The potato salad and coleslaw was a bit over-sweetened, and I ordered a Flat Tire instead of a Fat Tire like I used to order New Balance when I meant to say New Castle.    I had come from doing care-providing across the county and had on the wrong shoes for dancing.  Actually, I had on […]

The putt putt golf was cute and I was happy to see that the Floyd Democratic Party was passing out Flaccaventto bumper stickers and buttons, but this solar-run generator created by Rick Brown of Floyd’s SolShine Energy Alternatives really piqued my excitement.  After a full week and still counting of being without power and running […]

Micky G himself, eating lunch with his daughter Saturday, said his t-shirt was a gift from an employee.  His and other restaurants in town had an influx of customers  who (like us) were unable to cook at home after hurricane-like winds rolled into Floyd Friday night and knocked out power.  The winds were unlike any […]

There is nothing wrong with your computer screen. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to — The Outer Limits. There is only one disco ball and the band is just a […]

One of the stops I made on the weekend Floyd Artisan Trail Tour was to potter Sarah McCarthy’s home studio, which by rural standards is in my neighborhood. Sarah greeted me with open arms, a cookie and lemonade “You gave me the best compliment ever,” she said. It was about three years ago, so I […]