All the shelves of eggs at Food Lion were bare. We met with our friend Susanna for a drink and some post-holiday cheer the night before the predicted snowstorm. Our first snowstorm of the season turned out to be ice. Freezing rain is typical for this part of the country, as if Virginia can’t decide […]
Last night Music Road Co raised the roof and brought it down for a memorable New Year’s Eve celebration. It was one for the ages. MRCO really put the CO in their name if you think the Co means company because they mixed it up with musicians from past bands (The Aliens) and local talent. […]
The following is a year end review using Loose Leaf excerpts that were taken from each month of 2023. Click the link if you want to read the post in its entirety or to view accompanying photos. January – We rang in the New Year with a sold-out dance party at Dogtown Roadhouse last night. […]
Usually we take a yearly family Christmas picture in front of the tree. This is our family shot this year. We had party one. And party two. Some call it a Dirty Santa gift exchange. Some call it the White Elephant. Joe’s sister called it a Chinese Auction. We call it the Yankee Swap. It’s […]
It was actually a “Never too late to be Grateful” dinner and dancing party hosted by our friend Cheri Baker, the longtime past owner and operator of The Tuggles Gap Restaurant and Inn, who wanted to thank all the people who supported the business over the years. The Tuggles Gap Restaurant and Motel that we […]
Wow! My daughter-in-law gifted me with an early Christmas present, a coveted ticket for Floyd’s own Morgan Wade who was playing a set at the Floyd Country Store. I had tried to get tickets, but they quickly sold out. I was resigned to watch the live stream on the Floyd Country Store TV when I […]
The arts are alive in Floyd. And so are the Christmas Teas. This one was highlighted by a ballet performance by the students of a ballet class offered at The June Bug Center for Arts and Education. They performed an entertaining Nutcracker-inspired dance recital to a full house. Formal holiday attire was encouraged. That’s June […]
I first learned about the Christmas Tea at Moonlight Manor B&B when I was taking pictures for the local paper of Floyd Christmas parade and saw the B&B owner riding a float dressed like Mrs. Claus and pouring tea. That got my attention. I spoke to her as her float went by and she told […]
Once in a blue is me and you Once in a blue Cupid chooses you Once in a blue You say ‘I do’ And someone says It back to you December 3, 2023 – Happy Birthday, Joe, who I married on a Blue Moon in June of 1996.
-The following pictures appeared in The Floyd Press on November 30, 2023 – I knew we were in trouble when I counted four Grinches in the Floyd Christmas Parade this year. The route was also well represented with Kazim Shriner Clowns who were bound to get in a little trouble. And some clowns were grinches. […]
Katie Wells’s one woman show, Love Letters to Humanity: A Performance of Conscious Dance Theatre, drew sell-out crowds Friday and Saturday at the Floyd Center for the Arts. It was a fundraiser for InStill Mindfulness, a local non-profit dedicated to cultivating a mindful world for all with kindness, compassion, and caring through education, action. It’s hard […]
