“I spent five years transforming this building from the oldest operational jail in the entire state of North Carolina into what you see today,” Josh Copus (my son) said at the June Ballad Swap. Josh is a potter/artist and co-owner of the Old Marshall Jail, a boutique hotel bar and restaurant that is curated with […]
–The following was first published in The Floyd Press on June 13, 2024 – The Book House (132 N Locust St) celebrated its Open House as part of the Floyd Artisan Trail on Saturday. Owners Kim Dulaney and Leah Cantrell, who were first place winners of the 2023 Floyd C4 Business Development Series, welcomed crowds […]
1. My fingernails are always dirty but I’m smiling more. 2. I used to think scarecrows were ornamental and that hay bales were put there by farmers for Andrew Wyeth to paint. – Colleen from the 70s 3. Sometimes all I can manage is 13 pictures for 13 Thursday. 4. I like to take random […]
-After a neurological diagnosis The first time I remember involuntarily swooning was on a plane to or from my brother Jim’s funeral to or from sitting with my brother Dan when he died a few weeks after we buried Jim But I swooned before that when I fell hard on the gym floor fainting at […]
1. Only once in nine years did I make it early enough to hear the Little River Poetry Festival kayakers read from the rock amphitheater on the river, but I did make it to the 7 Voices Poetry Ensemble at 10 a.m. on Sunday, the last day of the festival. 2. Curated by festival co-founder […]
Lovingly tended and attended for nine years now, the festival is in full bloom and its seeds are spreading far and wide. What can I say? Every year, we say ‘best yet’ but this year really did top them all. On Saturday morning 20+ poets kayaked down the river writing poems while 20+ and more […]
When I arrived at the 9th annual Little River Poetry festival Friday Toni Britton was reading poems under the big tent to an attentive audience. LRPF founders Judith and Jack set the stage with words of welcome. Poets reunited with hugs and conversation while lunch was being set up by the crew at Floyd’s Outer […]
