COUNTRY ROADS TAKE ME HOME
(Part 2) “Almost Heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, blowing like …
SUMMER EVENING IN ORLEAN VA
A drive up and down through thick green foothills, twists and turns as the sun lowers. Orlean Market and Restaurant. Crabcakes. Reubens. Genuine hand cut …
CHASING THE STRAWBERRY MOON
The rumor of a strawberry moon spins me backward in time. 13 years old again and it’s strawberry season in the PNW. Every year when …
ARDELLE (not her real name)
I’m standing in line at the Walmart return desk with an unflattering pair of shorts I’d never wear in public (you have to be careful …
VIRGINIA SNOWSTORM
“We hardly ever get much snow down here”, they told us. Well, look out the window! Will we be blamed for bringing it with us …
VIRGINIA SNOWSTORM
“We hardly ever get much snow down here”, they told us. Well, look out the window! Will we be blamed for bringing it with us …
SWEET LITTLE ROAD TRIP
As the old song says, “Carry me back to Old Virginny”. Little by little, this state seems to be capturing my heart. Maybe it’s because …
MOVING PARTS 1
IN THE ATTIC Reality hits. Our New Hampshire home of 44 years now belongs to strangers. Other lives will be lived within these familiar walls. …
MOVING PARTS 2
HOMECOMING What is it about this little house that enchants and embraces us? Like a treasure hidden in the deep recesses of Zillow, it reached …
MOVING PARTS 3
THE ALLEN WRENCH AND ME When you are raised in a household that is unrelentingly female, there is a lot that you never experience. I …