They were supposed to be Dawn of the Buffalo but somebody heard it wrong. Twenty-one years later Donna the Buffalo are a well heard band with a country-wide fan base of followers called “the herd.” A favorite at Floydfest, they played to a full house at the Sun Music Hall in downtown Floyd Saturday night. […]
If you ever go to Sinkland Farms Pumpkin Festival in Christiansburg make sure you bring a two year old. According to my grandson Bryce, the farm is a kid’s play paradise where you can run through mazes, play king of the hay mountain, pet a baby goat, or play grocery store with the pumpkins. On […]
AKA “Seeing Double” Chainsaw ale and cheesecake topped with warm peaches was a standout treat, especially because they were enjoyed to the acoustic playing and beat tapping shout-outs of double neck guitarist Mark Kroos. It’s a good thing I sat next to Jon and Katie’s young daughter River who offered me a slice of pizza […]
~ The first six photos in the series below appeared in The Floyd Press on September 9, 2010. Lotus Yard wore a red dress to the Floyd’s downtown First Friday event. She enjoyed a fruit smoothie from the Black Water Loft and a barbeque sandwich at the BBQ stand with her mother. Painter and poet […]
I did not fulfill my fantasy of being a pie contest judge for our town’s Country Fair, but I did get to have a hearty slice of the best apple pie I’ve ever tasted (washed down with an excellent Brooklyn Ale on tap). The pie was baked by my friend Mara with apples from her […]
We’ve stuffed a lot in and, like a good meal, summer feels over too soon. I feel blessed by the fullness, the family interactions, and all the settings and activities that epitomize summer for me. I ate blueberry pies with blueberries from our garden, swam in the ocean (in three different states), and watched my […]
We passed a display of chicory and a field of cabbage. Joe pye weed loomed tall over a row of goldenrod along a farmer’s fence. Around the corner a cluster of happy faced jewelweed seemed to greet us. She pointed out boneset. I opened a milkweed pod and shook the silky platinum hair loose. It […]
“I want to see them at the Grammys next year or at least on the main stage at Floydfest,” I said to my neighbor Bob Grubel about the Flying A’s who were in town from Austin, Texas for some gigs and a house concert. It was an iconic summer evening of food cooked over a […]
I joked with my good friend Rowan (one of my son Dylan’s best friends growing up) that I was routing for the Netherlands’ team because I had a past life in that country. He, whose brother and his family live in Spain, thought differently on the matter. It was my first time at the new […]
A little boy with an Easter basket in our blueberry patch (video HERE). A pony ride with his dad at our town’s July 4th celebration (video HERE.) Popcorn, cotton candy, dancing to bluegrass an adventure in an inflatable moonbounce house (I didn’t know what I was getting into but he was a pro). Video HERE. […]
The following is a selection of Floyd County High School graduation photos, most of which appeared in The Floyd Press on June 10, 2010. The auditorium was full of graduating seniors and their family and friends for the 48th Graduation Program of Floyd County High School Sunday afternoon. Teachers greeted each graduating senior and assisted […]
The new switchback trail up to Buffalo Mountain was lined with bright red fire pinks and May bluets waving in the breeze. We took our time, stopping to photograph a snail on a rock and to admire every variety of wildflower. We posed with boulders as if they were our long lost relatives and sat […]
