So several things are or will soon be taking more of my attention, even while the impulse to share by way of this irrelevant blog keeps begging for some share of my attention and I cannot refuse it. First, the…
Yes, the official Earth Day was Wednesday, April 22. We’re just being very intentional and making the day accessible to working parents and their children, farmers and out-of-town visitors. Below are the details. See you there! [su_divider top=”no”] Floyd Virginia…
This will be the third year that SustainFloyd has had a role to play with visiting students from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. It will be the first year I have been involved with VolunTours, and I am looking forward…
We just celebrated, at Thanksgiving, our fifteenth year of living in the Floyd County outback. We are isolated, sequestered, cloistered in this deep valley and there is good in that separation and solitude. Humans need and seek out just this…
As it turns out, this very Amanita mushroom (about two weeks more mature this morning than it appears in this peak-of-life image) will be the subject of the children’s sermonette this morning because Ann last week said she’d do it.…
Last night’s gathering at the Floyd EcoVillage Celebration Hall was a confluence in time and space of so many people who care about and are willing to act on behalf of this special landscape. The notion that Floyd’s water is…
Good News! Every dollar you give in support of SustainFloyd’s community-based projects brings THREE dollars  to support local farmers, school lunches, educational programs and more! This matching offer gives each of us leverage towards better diets and nutrition, better understanding…
Plan to join us this Saturday night–for the movie and beans and rice. You’ll be glad you did. The movie is about hunger in America, and the so-what that derives from that–a great topic as we enter a new year…
In one sense, it was an unlikely feat to pull together and produce an independently organized TED event in our tiny community. But really, considering the fabric of Floyd, it is no marvel that with the talent and experience and…
You really can’t complain about not being able to find your way around the Greater Floyd Metropolitan area. If you can’t find what you’re looking for within a couple hundred yards from the one and only light, you probably don’t…
Involvements/Participation in the Calendar Just Ahead > aka Life in Floyd’s Slow Lane. If you’re in Floyd with nothing to do, there may be an answer to that. Here are some things to keep boredom at bay: Lesser events and/or…
Doug Thompson, as some of you know from FaceBook, has been moved out of neuro-intensive care — although he is still on the neuro floor. He is no longer on the feeding tube, and is able to eat thickened liquids.…
Alert! Top Tomato Contest in Floyd this weekend at The Community Market at the Station. Click the image for larger version of the poster. Get your maters ready. Alert! For the first time today, the SustainFloyd Refrigerated Truck will be…
We’re expecting (maybe) a good soaking rain on Friday, then a cool, fall-like day for the Market Breakfast in Floyd. Good food, old and new friends, the smell of Red Rooster coffee and autumn in the air! What’s not to…