Another Good Read About Living In Floyd County

The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family

Jim Minick is celebrating a new book this month with readings and signings throughout SW Virginia. I wish I was able to make it to one to hear his own interpretation of his words…I guess I’ll just have to catch them via a podcast from the local public radio [...]

Reviewing Fred First’s book, Slow Road Home

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 at [...]

BLUERIDGERAMBLER.COM: Floyd VA

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 wearing [...]