It was Fred First and the lead up to his publishing of this, his first book, that started me on this journey with my “Mountain Dreams”. Way back when he first had it listed at Amazon I sat down at lunch one day and wrote the following review. I originally put it up [...]
Today I discovered another of that legion of fellow travelers drawn to Floyd, Virginia. Go and check him out.
FLOYD VA
The logo of the Oddfellas Cantina sums up the town of Floyd, VA. Drawn in the style of Grant Wood’s painting American Gothic, the logos’ graphic shows three men standing side by side: a farmer [...]
Each year, twice a year, the word trickles out from the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia about an event…It brings together artists and art lovers…In the artist’s own environment. From the Tours website, the history is explained like this…
In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains there is an enclave of craftsmen [...]
Colleen Redman has posted a piece about the Farm to School program.
“I like to get my hands dirty!” shouted one Floyd Elementary School student who was digging potatoes at last week’s Farm to School harvest. Another student, when asked if he grew potatoes at home answered, “No, but I kinda want to now.”
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Back when I first started dreaming my “Mountain Dreams” I stumbled across Fred First’s blog Fragments From Floyd at about the time he began talking about publishing his first book. I ordered a pre-publication copy and waited for it to arrive…After reading it I wrote the following on this blog and pushed out to [...]