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Fred First

America's Appalachian Territory
Fragments from Floyd: 'If Power is Out on a Three Dog Night'
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Fragments from Floyd: 'If Power is Out on a Three Dog Night'

"If Power is Out on a Three Dog Night" was originally published on Jan. 14, 2021.
04 Feb 2026 4 min read
Fragments from Floyd: 'Doodling as a Brain Booster'
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Fragments from Floyd: 'Doodling as a Brain Booster'

FACT: I was something of a class hero there for a while, and my friends would queue up after class to see what I had etched out whilst we were clumsily reciting Chaucer in middle English with ah-wah thick Alabama accents.
07 Jan 2026 3 min read
Fragments from Floyd: 'Walking the Talk in the New Year'
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Fragments from Floyd: 'Walking the Talk in the New Year'

Like you, I vacillate between the urge to scream and flail and rant and the urge to assume fetal position and be passively overtaken by the tsunami of unreason, injustice, indifference, and arrogant triumphalism that confronts us with each days' news.
31 Dec 2025 3 min read
Fragments from Floyd: 'Be It Ever So Jumbled'
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Fragments from Floyd: 'Be It Ever So Jumbled'

Fred First is a published writer and former Floyd County resident who documented local happenings and musings on "Fragments from Floyd." He holds masters degrees in Vertebrate Zoology and physical therapy, and has been a biology teacher and physical therapist by profession.
17 Dec 2025 3 min read
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