Joe and I have been interested in taking videos of guitarists in action since our eldest grandson Bryce has been learning guitar. It’s also true that the guitar has long been my favorite instrument. I also love a good singer/songwriter, which Jared Stout is. It was actually Jared who coined the phrase “guitar swag” at […]
I didn’t know whether to watch the tulips Or the high school prom gown photo shoots at the Hahn Garden. There were more prom gowns at Lefty’s Main Street Grille where we had dinner. After dinner, we retired to the Duck Pond (our old stomping ground when I worked in my friend Juniper’s Blacksburg bead […]
Morgan Wade, our Floyd hometown star, explained to her audience how playing at the Ryman auditorium was a bucket list item come true. It was for me too, at least seeing Nashville for the first time, and it was Morgan’s gig at the Ryman that got us here. It’s a great venue, once a church […]
Morgan Wade, our Floyd VA hometown star, performed last night at the CMT music awards with Alanis Morissette, along with Lainey Wilson, Ingrid Andress, Madeline Edwards. The performance was in celebration of CMT’s Next Women in Country Music Campaign and all the women singing with Morissette have been showcased as emerging female artists. Morissette’s album, […]
It was our grandson Liam’s idea to go camping at our hometown camp in the Rock Castle Gorge. With our backpacks in tow, we followed the trail along the rushing Rock Castle Creek from the parking area to the Depression era primitive camp. Joe pushed some firewood and gear in a wheelbarrow. After setting up […]
When a birth is happening All of the universe Coalesces to attend So it is with someone’s death Time opens the doorway As it so wonts To allow Passage of leaving As we wait upon, As we attend The slipping away of a body The soul prepares For union Once again Being with Monika Watching […]
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We biked up to the top of Mill Mountain from the Roanoke River Greenway. It was a steep switch-back climb. I Ieft Joe in the dust because my bike has an electric motor and his does not. At the top is the world’s largest man-made star. Erected in 1949, the Mill Mountain Star sits 1,045 […]
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There was a lot of green to be seen at McDaniel’s Tavern at Buffalo Mountain Brewery last night and a new brew called Lucky Charm. I was already lucky because I had just come from The Great Clover Hunt with Muriel Alderman at Floyd’s Center for the Arts and found my first wild four-leaf clover. […]
A groove to move. The Parachute Brigade Lands at Dogtown. Thanks for the dance music!
But it was Knitting Bee and Scrabble Social at the Floyd Country Store, a homey hub for lunch hour clubs.
