Like A Good Neighbor … etc.
The state of the manse's driveway at 2:15 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. And a panoramic view of the surrounding estates in the Far Reaches of Fairfax, less than a moment before. Unlike some communities, we suffer from a…
How We Got Where We Are — On The Sunny Side of the Street!
Instead of "digging out" after Thursday night's and Friday morning's dropping of a "couple of inches" of snow, I marveled at Lillian's observation with our real estate agent Nancy Bossard 11 years ago when we bid on the manse…
Don’t Need a Weatherman When You Have Dylan, Forbes
Two years ago yesterday, I delivered a Banner Lecture Series on Matthew Fontaine Maury and his "Last Crusade," the drive for a National Weather Service at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. He failed. The next day after the lecture…
The Texas Blues Lady with the Red Dress on
The idea was to get away for awhile after speaking in Fredericksburg. So I booked a resort near Williamsburg expecting it to be a little warmer than Washington. After all, I had lived in Tidewater Virginia for almost nine years…
Timing is Everything
Timing Is Everything Delivered the Banner Lecture Thursday at the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. More than 200 very interested members and guests attended the address on Maury’s involvement in Virginia’s Reconstruction and his “Last Crusade” -- to establish a…