Archive for September, 2009

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

“A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread (A Spray Can) and Thou.”I suspect that Omar Khayyam didn’t have this scene in mind when he first put those words to paper but the sentiment seems to be expressed by those who tagged this rock formation. And I would have…



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-06 18:00:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

The Guns Are Now SilentTapp Farm, The Wilderness Battlefield, Spotsylvania–Between May 5th and 7th 1864 roughly 27,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed and wounded during the Battle of the Wilderness. In coming back across the Tapp Farm fi…



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-06 17:53:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

Add some Shadowing here, Enhance the Colors There…………and a view from under the Fredericksburg train station goes from the rather mundane to a bit sinister. What may lurk in the shadows in the arches to the right? It is amazing how enhancing …



Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, 2009-09-06 17:42:00

By From http://roadsdivergedwood.blogspot.com/ • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Photography.Local

A Different PerspectiveA view of the railroad bridge over Sophia Street and the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg. As I have noted previously the view of this bridge from the river appears in more paintings, photos, and drawings than most any other…



Trust: You keep using that word…

By From http://www.odonnellweb.com • Sep 6th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

According to ABC, it’s become trendy for Christian couples to share their email and Facebook passwords with each other. Of course, every couple insists that it has nothing to do with not trusting their partners, it’s about not trusting themselves.
Um, what’s the difference? If anything, not trusting yourself is worse. You have no control over […]



Trust…you keep using that word

By From http://odonnellweb.com/pelican/ • Sep 5th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

According to ABC, it’s become trendy for Christian couples to share their email and Facebook passwords with each other. Of course, every couple insists that it has nothing to do with not trusting their partners, it’s about not trusting themselves.
Um, …



WTF: People linked to al-Qaeda in Spotsylvania County and a (probably unrelated) attempt to bring down Dominion Power lines?

By From http://www.imsurroundedbyidiots.com • Sep 5th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The Jawa Report linked to a copy of a report from the Virginia Fusion Center (PDF) which was posted on the Canadian Free Press‘ website which has these gems in it:
Enclaves of Salafist ideology adherents have been identified in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads areas.10
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According to 2009 public safety survey data, the counties of Fairfax […]



Virginia Tea Party Rally: Taxpayer March on Washington, September 12, 2009 Meetup

By From http://www.spotsygop.com/blogger.html • Sep 5th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local, Spotsylvania

TEA PARTY RALLY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Several local area citizens including Republicans, Independents and yes, some Democrats too, are organizing a bus from Spotsylvania County, VA on Saturday, September 12 to Washington, DC so we can attend the Taxpayer…



Kate Chase – Recap of Her Life

By From http://thehouseoncarolinestreet.blogspot.com/ • Sep 5th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

The New York Times for August 27, 1899 published a long recap of the life of Kate Chase titled: Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague: She Was One of the Most Romantic Characters at the Capital.I am captivated by the life of Kate Chase. She rose to great heights o…



Minnesotans School Fredericksburg in Civil Discourse

By From http://fred2blue.com • Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: Blog Entries.Local

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), or as Josh Marshall refers to him, The Tea Bag Whisperer™: