Looking for something to do this weekend?
Friday, July 21, 2023
Lots to do in our little town here in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia.
Summertime fun, summertimes past, Summertime Blues
Monday, July 17, 2023
“Summertime,” Nat King Cole sang, “and the living is easy.” Maybe. Maybe not.
The one time in a melodrama when the villain got the heroine
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Amy Lee Davis was a professional actress working out of St. Louis when we officially met when the Alton Little Theater Group in the Illinois
Sorrow of a July without FloydFest
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
FloydFest is on hold this year. Will it return in 2024? Let’s hope so.
More than 60 years capturing images of July 4th around the world
Monday, July 3, 2023
Tuesday marks my 75th Four of July on this third rock from the sun. I started capturing images of the holiday more than 60 years ago and have done so around the country, in wars in foreign lands and too many other places to remember. Happy Independence Day!
We’re heading into a four-day Independence Day holiday. Have fun and be safe.
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Friday Nights are happening events during Spring, Summer and Fall.
A visit to the Jamboree in 2003 changed a lot of things in our lives
Friday, June 23, 2023
What turneed out as an impromptu visit to the Jamboree 20 years ago because a turning point in a life spent mostly on the road over the previous 40 years.
Happy Father’s Day to the dad I never knew
Sunday, June 18, 2023
Tommy Thompson was, literally. the dad of my dreams.
In too many ways, old age is just plain old
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
“Age,” legendary baseball pitcher Satchel Paige once said, “is a case of mind over matter. If I don’t mind, it don’t matter.” Perhaps, but for many of us, it does matter.
Bulletin! The news business continues to die
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Every week brings news of another newspaper laying off staff. They are not alone. Digital outlets are shutting down or declaring bankruptcy. Same for broadcast news outlets.