In 1967, a friend introduced me to a 16-year-old student at Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke not long after she had a then-illegal abortion at the hands of a medical student paying for his doctor’s education by charging $200 for the procedure. Her story a young girl who got pregnant from the evening she
Here in our section of the Blue Ride Mountains of Virginia, many of us are touchy-freely. I sometimes hug women I haven’t seen for a long time. It’s the way we are. So, apparently, is former vice president Joe Biden. Biden comes from a culture in and around his hometown — Scranton, Pennsylvania — where
From an early age, I’ve dealt harshly with people who look down on others different from them. Spent my pre-school years in Gibsonton, Florida — then the recognized winter home of the carnies who worked on carnivals and sideshows — taught me to recognize those different from us as nothing more than just other folks,
Welcome to April. Does the time seem to fly by in 2019? First Saturday of the month brings The Floyd Radio Show at the Country Store at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, the international draw of The Friday Night Jamboree, Sunday music jams at Wildwood Farms and the Country Store, an afternoon benefit concert on Saturday at
Not the kind of news we expected to see: In 2018, the share of American adults who admit having no sex for the past year hit an all-time high. Nearly one in four American adults aren’t getting it on for at least a year. The folks at General Social Survey call this “the Great American
I had just settled into a seat on the Orange Line of Washington’s Metro subway on Monday, April 1, 1996, and opened my copy of The New York Times to read during the 25 minute ride into Washington and my office. A full-page announcement caught my eye, informing all readers that Taco Bell had purchased
Reading the news on this Sunday morning found a lot of attention by the media president Donald Trump calling his tribe the “party of health care” when neither he nor his party have any proposed program to replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Trump’s Republicans are running for cover on this one.
Two young women, wearing just leggings and t-shirts, walked along Locust Street in the town of Floyd Friday and every man/boy they passed turned and watched them strut. The scene brings back memories of a verse from the popular country song by Joe Diffie (Third Rock from the Sun) She walks into Smokey’s one hip
Last weekend of March brings music, events and more to our little corner here in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Floyd County Tourism Director Pat Sharkey reported outstanding growth of the county’s tourism and entertainment offerings and temperatures on Friday will be in the high 60s and in the mid-60s on Saturday with a chance of
Got home Tuesday shortly after 11 pm, after another long day of court in the morning and the evening meeting of the board of supervisors in Floyd County. Crawled into bed after midnight after downloading photos from the meeting and selecting two to send via email. Did not wake up until shortly after 7:30 am
