Coming HomeHanover Street in Fredericksburg, late afternoon. Three more blocks and I’m home. Home to e-mails and phone messages with questions about when streets would be cleared, complaining about the City’s snow removal priorities, and providing i…
The Story Behind the NameA Union soldiers musings on witnessing a camp burial…..”…we, his fellow soldiers, his comrades, hard hearted wretches, calloused by many similar scenes will never give a second thought. How little, very little, we think of…
Just Take it InThis past weekend my wife and youngest son took a road trip to Madison County. Unlike in Fredericksburg the snow is still on the ground here at the base of the mountains. Note the snow is undisturbed. I just stood for a few minutes ta…
Falling Off the Wagon……Again and in a Big WayYou glance over to your right and you are taken by the variety of colors and textures and the urge hits you! You know that its time to play with reality….again. On Photoshop Edit there are ten enhan…
Beavers, Bobcats, and Meadow Jumping Mice Oh No!OK, OK it ain’t the Yellow Brick Road. Actually this little track is somewhere in King George County. And yes I did my research to document that you can find beavers, bobcats and meadow jumping mice in K…
A Stop on the Road of LifeBefore taking my first steps into 2010 a glimpse over my shoulder back down the road I have traveled. New Years 2009 marked the passing of my older brother Father Mike. His loss was a tragedy for the family. But in his passi…
“The child with his sweet pranks, the fool of his senses, commanded by every sight and sound, without any power to compare and rank his sensations, abandoned to a whistle or a painted chip, to a lead dragoon, or a gingerbread dog, individualizing every…
Fading Dreams?King George County. Instead of a cornfield the boundary of this baseball field is a forest and its posted with “No Trespassing” signs. My guess is that even a grounder into the trees is an automatic home run.I played a lot of baseball gr…
A Little Unique in the Grand Scheme of ThingsDowntown Ashland. The only town I am aware of where the rail road track runs down the center of town.
A Moment to RememberThe National Cemetery, Fredericksburg. This past weekend was the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Fredericksburg. “The muffled drum’s sad roll has beatThe soldier’s last Tattoo;No more on life’s parade shall meetThat brave and fal…
