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Building Replicas
Colorful,
freestanding wooden minis depicting
familiar places in Franklin County.
Available here! |
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Articles |
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Bruce
Hopkins Writes |
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Bald Knob Artists |
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Blue Ridge Traditions...From Print to Online |
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"Legacy of the Lake" by Anita Genna |
Journeying the Mother Road,
Rt. 11: Black Dog Salvage |
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Franklin County Scrapbook |
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Rocky
Mount, My Friend |
Hidden
Treasures of the
Blue
Ridge |
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"Jacob Bunn:
Legacy of an Illinois Industrial Pioneer", a new book by
Andrew Call, son of BRT publisher Ibby Greer.
Click to
visit bunnlegacy.com.
Click for a review of the book by Dave Caddell on
oldSpeak.com.
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A new book by T. Keister
Greer:
Genesis of a Virginia Frontier
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"The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of
1935," by T. Keister
Greer is available again, 2nd printing, 2nd edition! Click
here for ordering information.
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Portrait in oil, 2006, of
T. Keister Greer by Virginia
artist Brenda Tatum
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Prints of the WPA
Mural, featured on the cover of the July/August edition,
are available for purchase for $15. The size is
approximately 24" x 8" and they are shrink
wrapped. Call 540-483-3692 or
e-mail
for more information.
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Online Shopping
at
Blue Ridge
Traditions Marketplace
And
Blue Lady Books
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Do Dogs Dream?
by Bruce Hopkins
Although I don’t think it could be said that my wife Charlene and I have an animal rescue operation, the truth is all our pets have been strays or their offspring, at least since we moved to our current home about sixteen years ago. At one time, we had thirteen cats; the result, I suspect, of word being passed among the homeless that food was to be had with us. We started out with one, but with the regional predilection to dump unwanted animals, a series of weary, bedraggled felines made their way to our door, all of them needing food or love in no particular order.
Now we are down to two, after coyotes dispatched eleven of them two years ago. Along with the other animal lovers on the creek where I live, our losses were staggering, until one of the residents hired a professional hunter who bagged five of the varmints and probably spread fear among the rest of the pack.
Click to read the
entire article.
Paintings by Ibby Greer
Plates
Teenagers
Unfinished Lady
See my Blogs (essays, art):
www.ibby-paperfaces.blogspot.com
www.brightandboldart.blogspot.com
Whispers
From the Smokehouse Archive |
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Take the Quiz!
Hidden Treasures
in the Blue Ridge
and Beyond
Booker T. Washington
National Monument
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In June
2005, a black bear walked through little Rocky Mount, Virginia, and triggered the automatic doors of the hospital in the center of town. He strolled in, unnoticed until he rounded a corner. It may be the first time in history that
a bear has visited
a hospital!
To commemorate the life of this bear, The Blue Lady Bookshop is selling
t-shirts, tote bags, and mousepads.
Click here
for ordering info.
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THE BLUE LADY
Oft of late
at twilight
she appears
transparent
on the stairs
waits until
seen before
fading through
the dark walls
leaving a
faint fragrance
of lilac
in the chill
long after
Rod Franklin |
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