I made it down a couple of dusty roads over the weekend to visit a few artists’ studios for the 2nd annual Floyd Artisan Trail Tour this weekend. At Gibby Waitzkin’s Sarvisberry Studio & Gallery there was Villa Appalccia wine to sip and a cheese and cracker spread to nibble on. Gibby is a papermaker […]
Dance is a poem of which each movement is a word. ~Mata Hari Post note: Look for photos and a write-up on the One-Stoplight Variety Show coming soon.
Look for photos and a write-up about the 30th year anniversary reunion in The Floyd Press this week. Read a past story on the history of the school HERE.
Do you keep it up all year long?” I asked my long time friend Alwyn Moss about her blue planet Earth flag. We were in the garden behind her apartment in a local retirement community, enjoying the wild cats, the flowering phlox and azaleas, and each other’s company. “No, I can’t,” she answered with an […]
The following appeared in The Floyd Press on April 12, 2012 A first annual Children’s Easter Egg Hunt was hosted by Oddfella’s Cantina and Bell Gallery at the Bell Gallery Garden behind the shop on Sunday. Among the flowering pots, yard ornaments and the Gallery’s wrought iron gazebo, children were delighted to fill their baskets […]
… creeping and peeping, popping and hopping, singing and swinging with my grandsons and Kari Kovick’s at the Kid’s Jamboree at the Floyd Country Store. See a video HERE and HERE. Straight out of the Camera Sunday
AKA Skit Night Outtakes I was in the Sun Music Hall Green Room waiting to go on stage, taking notes with someone’s brown eyebrow pencil while listening to Rob (the emcee) tell jokes as the act before me tuned up their instruments. One of the stage managers asked me if I needed an extra chair […]
The Community Room at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts was transformed into a jazz club Saturday night for the center’s annual Jazz@Jax concert fundraiser. The jazz ensemble featured (from left to right) Myrick Crampton, Brian Peters (drummer), Tom Artwick, Chris Prokosch and Justin Craig. You can read the musicians bios and more about the […]
Floyd’s independent Blue Mountain School is celebrating its 30th anniversary at the school on May 19th. The school is putting together a book of photos and memories for the occasion. The following is my contribution, as a BMS parent and parent teacher for many years. It was Blue Mountain School and the CERC (Community […]
Wayne Henderson is a renowned guitar player and instrument maker sought after by the likes of Eric Clapton and Brad Paisley. Word is that Clapton waited seven years for his handcrafted Henderson guitar and Paisley is still waiting. Floyd’s own Tina Liza, collector and performer of Appalachian songs, waited over twenty years for her Henderson […]
What a surprise it was that Joe and I were crowned King and Queen of the 3rd annual Mardi Gras Costume Ball to benefit Blue Mountain School! From what I can recall Master of Ceremonies Jamie Reygle saying, Joe was honored as a formative past Blue Mountain School teacher and board member and I for […]
