Williamsburg Farmers’ Market
“By ten o’clock, the sidewalk along Vine Street looks like the Fourth of July parade. Mama minds the cash box while Daddy and Mitch go to haul more tomatoes and peppers from the truck. The basket of beans is almost…
Category: Travels
Burke Lake, Virginia
A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature. ~Henry David Thoreau Last Saturday, I had the chance to take some Tolboe family…
Think things I like to think
“Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.” –Robert Henri Tomorrow, I leave for sunny California to celebrate a dear friend’s wedding. I am already…
A writer’s paradise – Charlottesville, VA
“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” ~John Burroughs Mr. Taylor and I took a road trip to this weekend to a city nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains….
Memorial Day & Monarch Butterflies
Rolling green hills as far as the eye can see. A panoramic view that will take your breath away. Quite literally. Memorial Day weekend. A short trip through some windy roads, to the beautiful Shenandoah National Forest for a camping…
Independence Day at Mount Vernon – Red, White and Blue Celebration!
Celebrating Independence Day in Washington, DC is a truly unique experience. Aaron and I were blessed to be here last year, to celebrate with thousands of people, sitting on the Capitol steps, in the scorching sun, listening to the…
