While on assignment in Manila, the Philippines, in 1998, I had the privilege of seeing and photographing a full solar
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Lighting up the show at Cirque Du Floyd
Chantilly Farms Saturday became the center ring and sideshow of Cirque Du Floyd, featuring acrobats, fire shows, ImaginAerial and more
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When is ‘white’ not white?
An angry email missive this week from a Floyd County resident claimed I “forget that you are a white man
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Connecting to the world
Each morning, I get up around 0500 (5:00 a.m.), start guzzling coffee, and go to work on a computer with
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Rain today but sunny Saturday expected
The threat of thunderstorms didn’t materialize for most of us in Floyd County Thursday and Friday morning dawns with a
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A monumental mistake?
In Virginia, a commonwealth named after a virgin queen — or at least the English believed she was — is
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Power out from Indian Valley to Pilot
Power went out to 2,173 Floyd customers of Appalachian Power at 5:37 a.m. Thursday morning, leaving people without electricity in
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Tractors, music, circus, more for weekend
Music, a circus, a photography exhibit, Bad -TV on stage and tractors on the public roads and byways of Floyd
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Yep, we’re making some changes
Readers may have realized two things: First, the appearance of Blue Ridge Muse has changed a bit and, second, I
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I was, therefore I hosted
In Internet terms, I am a dinosaur. As a staff member of the House of Representatives Science & Technology Committee,
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Too much hate and violence
On Saturday of this past weekend, music fans braved threats and realities of rain to hear the best of old-time
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A sad day for Charlottesville, nation
Saddened this morning by the racism, hate and violence that left three dead in Charlottesville Saturday. White supremacists brought violence
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Politics threatens my wife’s health
For the last three years, my wife has been able to get needed medical attention and surgeries she needed to
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Traffic? We don’t need no stinkin’ traffic
Traffic, a topic that normally doesn’t come up in conversations in a town like Floyd, is a hot issue that
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Just the facts
“You are a leech,” a critic of my reporting told me over lunch this week. “You thrive on the misery
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Weekend fun and games
For old-time music and bluegrass fans, The Old Time Fiddler’s Convention continues in Galax this week and wraps up the
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Many places to live over the years
My first apartment after graduating from high school in 1965 was an $85-a-month one-bedroom on the first floor of Grandin
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Back to school in early August
At one time, summer consisted of the full three months between Memorial and Labor days but, as the cliché
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The rain is here…and will stay
Music on a Friday night in Floyd
Friday night is the night for old-time and bluegrass music at the Friday Night Jamboree and music on the streets of Floyd.
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