The Town LibraryTo provide people with the tools to better themselves is one of the truest examples of community .”The only true equalisers in the world are books; the only treasure-house open to all comers is a library; the only wealth which will not…
Main Street–A Learning MomentA typical home on main street Gordonsville. Note the flag. This is what is known as the First National flag of the Confederacy. It is also referred to as the “Stars and Bars.” The great misconception is that the Confe…
A View From Chicken Mountain RoadOff of Rt. 15 outside of Gordonsville.”Shine on thee in thy solitary walk;And let the misty mountain winds be freeTo blow against thee: and, in after years,When these wild ecstasies shall be maturedInto a sober pleasure…
A Trip For Another Day……….As you head out of Orange south down Rt. 15 there is a left turn onto a narrow road over the tracks that is easy to miss. This is the Old Gordonsville Road. The road less traveled to Gordonsville. This will be a trip …
“Come said the wind tothe leaves one day,Come o’re the meadowsand we will play.Put on your dressesscarlet and gold,For summer is goneand the days grow cold.”A Children’s Song of the 1880’sThis past week my travels took me to Nelson County and the Bluer…
A Valley FarmFarming is the principle livelihood of the valley. During the Civil War this area was known as the “breadbasket of the Confederacy.” In 1864 my Maine ancestors may have met the ancestors of the family who operate this farm today. Don’t th…
Fall in the MountainsCraig Store Road. The leaves are begining to turn.
A Backroad in Nelson County”Some roads aren’t meant to be traveled alone. “Proverb
They Aren’t Big but they are BeautifulComing down the Rockfish Valley Highway driving towards the Blueridge Mountains.
An IllusionI discovered on closer inspection that while this field is still being farmed the farm in the background is abandoned.
