Construction proceeds slowly but surely off Campbell Avenue at the site of the now-extinct bus station.
I love the phrase “extinct bus station” — like it was too big and slow to adapt, and stone age hunters ran it down to oblivion.
Tag Archives: Virginia
Throwback Thursday: High School Politician Nolan!
This is from 1988 — it was my speech when I ran for president of the International Student Organization at Longwood High School.
I even had buttons made up. I was quite the extrovert back in those days (and a nerd too, in case you hadn’t noticed). But I wasn’t exactly Marcus Antonius, even if I wanted to be.
Note the use of a dot matrix printer! 😀
Moon over Roanoke Redux
I actually had a hard time picking out the best shot of the moon yesterday up at the north edge of town. These might have been the better shots.
Moon over Roanoke.
Virginia.
Intersection of Kirk Avenue and Second Street, Roanoke, VA
Looking north.
Take a look at Pie & Chai Magazine!
It’s a creative nonfiction mag launched today by none other than Steve Watkins, my creative writing professor at Mary Washington College. And it’s a great read!
You can find it right here:
https://pieandchaimagazine.com/
The Ministry of Power?
Seriously, though, has anyone ever noticed that the building for Appalachian power has some goddam Stalinist architecture?
It’s like something out of Nineteen Eighty-Four.
A black cat on Brandon Avenue.
Or maybe it’s just a catbird.
Roanoke, Virginia.
Leavin’ Las Vegas?
I found this praying mantis on one of my Autumn walks, up north of downtown Roanoke. He looked like he was hastily leaving the city. Maybe he was fed up with pesky people taking his photo.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 