Fragments From Floyd

Doug Thompson has documented amusement parks, battle fields and everything in between. But last night at the Floyd Library, he documented the topic on which he is a world authority: Doug Thompson. To no one's surprise, his 40-years-in-one-hour biography was media rich, and worked, though his gigabytes of graphics tested the audiovisual capacity of the library's equipment! Even after two years (almost to the day) of knowing Doug, I learned some things and heard some stories I didn't know. And I'm sure we've only heard the tip of the iceberg. No, wait. Bad analogy. Can you hear the tip of an iceberg? Nevermind.

And speaking of language: there will be a 'spoken word' event tomorrow night (7:30 I think) at Cafe del Sol in downtown Floyd. I think anyone can take a slot to read their work. I've been out of the loop for a while, writers-group-wise, so will be good to see some once-familiar faces in Floyd's only wireless cafe.

The county is a happening place of late. Sunday marked the kickoff for the 175th anniversary of the town and county with the real celebration to come in September. Meanwhile, a rather large chunk of change has been obtained for historical protection and downtown improvements--implemented, everyone hopes, so that the small town charm of Floyd isn't lost, but the rusted water tower gets painted. Finally.

I'm sure it is the fact that we are expecting near-record temperatures today that I have a faint hope of spring this morning. Days are longer by a few minutes now and those of us seasonally-affected should take hope! We'll hear spring peepers--maybe this week--before they get their tailless little hinneys frozen solid in their puddles the next.

Tomorrow: pictures. I literally haven't picked up the camera in two weeks! This keeping focused on one project just doesn't suit my multi-tasking way of doing things. Gotta mix it up. Pictures--of the dog, of the new room behind the house now under roof, of the barn improvements I've never blogged about--who knows. I just know I need to feel that camera in my hands SOON!