I took this picture several days ago, before a prolonged period of cloudy, dreary mornings settled into the area.
The Fourth of July weekend was, for the most part, cloudy with rain on and off over the three-day weekend. In a way, it matched my mood and — I think — the mood of the nation.
We had family over for a cookout but decided against going over to the high school Monday night to see the fireworks. The desire to celebrate just wasn’t there.
Continue reading …(The following runs as a column today on our political web site, Capitol Hill Blue. It also runs here because, frankly, it was the only thing I felt like writing on this Independence Day.)
The American flag flies in front of our home on this Independence Day, just as it does the other 364 days a year.
Sadly, it does not fly as proudly as it once did because the America it represents does not stand as tall as it should.
Continue reading …Jonathan Kingston is a young photographer who has spent the past several months working on a photographic documentary of Floyd County. His work is good as you can see from these examples.
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Sunrise. Grayson County, Virginia. Near the North Carolina border.
Show me that river
lead me across
Take all my troubles away
Like that lucky old sun
I’ll have nothin’ to do
But roll around heaven all day -
An’ Like that lucky old sun
I’ll have nothin’ to do
But roll around heaven all day.
Thanks Willie
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Morning mist on a farm along Virginia Rte. 8 in Patrick County near Stuart.