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Ron Rash, Iris Press: “ It was last week that David St Lawrence posted about a reading given by Ron Rash in Floyd. I first stumbled onto Ron Rash last year on Garrison Keillor’s email newsletter, The Writer’s Almanac, hear it here. The poem being presented was “The Exchange” from Among the Believers (2000, Iris Press,). Something in the poem
Keep readingI must admit I am impressed. I finished reading Fred First’s new book this weekend. I have been dragging out the finish quite frankly because I was enjoying the read so much and didn’t want it to be over. Since I am cursed with an omnivorous appetite to read (thank God for the internet), I have read many books on
Keep readingI was cleaning up my bookmark list this morning and what usually happens when I try happened. I followed an old link that crashed. Then in trying to find a new clean link to the site I found a article that has more relevance to me now than when it was first published… A List Apart: Articles: 10 Tips on
Keep readingDo you find it as disconcerting as I do when the morning goes from sunny to dusk in an hour? As you can tell from the screenshot, the weather here is a bit unsettled on this Memorial Day 2006. I am sure a whole lot of barbeque is being doused by the rain. Today usually marks the beginning of the
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Two years ago we spent a week in Watauga County, south of Valle Crucis on Nettles Knob. On of the day trips we took up to Mabry’s Mill. On the drive back we took the Parkway the whole way, stopping along the way as things caught our interest. This was one of those stops. I look forward to the return
Keep readingSpring in Texas…I thought I would give you a bit of a weather report:7pm May 27, 2006Temp: 82 Humidity: 76% The high today was 85 with a 96% humidity.The low last night was 73. You gotta love the climate here
Keep readingThis just goes to show you how much difference there is between the Blue Ridge and my home here. This was taken today at 7pm.
Keep readingI was raised in a family that was slightly removed from the immediate locale of the rest of our relatives… therefore, whenever we were able to get together with our grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins it was a special treat. My dad’s family had moved into Wharton County, west of Houston, in the 1910’s and my mother’s family moved
Keep readingFragments from Floyd: “most of what I find to do these days is done with my butt in a chair, letting my fingers do the walking. Ann prys me out of the seat a couple of times a day to accompany her on one of many sanity-walks, but that is hardly a cardiovascular workout…” You know Fred, I have the
Keep readingI have been reading the archives at Fragments From Floyd and came across Fred’s “Secret Places” observations. Fragments From Floyd: November 19, 2004 Archives: “This remote and unearthly quiet place above and below me was a hidden shrine, the rose that blooms unseen–a neighborhood secret. And I felt blessed.” I too have stumbled into places of this type. I felt
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