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Category Archives: Floyd County

On Herd Immunity: or Not

Path of least resistance AND looking at new ways of getting information (mostly for me) out of my “second brain” of Roam Research (“networked tool for thought) and into a place that has at least a weak possibility of finding its way into other minds and unlikely conversation: So I will, from time to time, […]

Posted byfredMay 29, 2020Posted inCommunity, Environment, science4 Comments on On Herd Immunity: or Not

Morning Pages ~ 20 March ’20

DREAMING IS FREE It is good again to have a dream: We will be able to start a symbolic (if not a vastly productive) garden at The Other Place. It was preying on me–that we would be helpless and dependent there compared to our relative independence on Goose Creek. No wood heat. No water without […]

Posted byfredMarch 20, 2020Posted inFloyd County, HomeAndHearth2 Comments on Morning Pages ~ 20 March ’20

Tree Projects Growing in Floyd

Trees matter, forests matter. Terrestrial life has been defined by forests where it has evolved.

Posted byfredMarch 10, 2020Posted inEnvironment, Floyd CountyLeave a comment on Tree Projects Growing in Floyd

This Old House

Floyd County, Virginia, historic farmhouse on 80 acres with two creeks: for sale

Posted byfredMarch 4, 2020March 4, 2020Posted inFloyd County, Reflections2 Comments on This Old House

Can’t Get There from Here

The repairs for which the road residents were first given a heads-up for completion in October of last year (after Hurricane Michael removed most of Goose Creek) is finally happening this week. And since October we’ve been driving through water, in and out of the valley here, with wheel rims and brakes staying wet and […]

Posted byfredJuly 15, 2019Posted inFloyd County, Travels2 Comments on Can’t Get There from Here

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