Hey, y’all, let’s get this straight. Virginia is a southern state. I’ve run across people from Texas, Alabama, Georgia and even South Carolina who have referred to my state as being “Yankee.” I don’t know if this arose because...
A funny thing happened to me last March. I was riding in the car heading from Virginia’s coast to the western part of the state. The moment I saw the Blue Ridge Mountains on the horizon, the word “home” reverberated in my head. That single word was...
Part Three of a three part series: How I Spent the Last Weekend in July I’ve often been to weddings where the couple was clearly the happiest duo on the planet. Seldom, though, do you attend a marriage ceremony and reception where the good vibes radiate...
Part Two of a three part series: How I Spent the Last Weekend in July On this spot, before last weekend, a plain brick building stood. It was the home of radio station WWOD AM and FM in Lynchburg, Virginia. The structure was built originally to be a television...
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