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Welcome to “One Woman’s Opinion,” a long term feature of the Southside Sentinel, written by Urbanna resident Mary Wakefield Buxton. Traditionally a humorist, Mary has written a column on all subjects and sometimes in very serious vein. Along with writing a column  for the Sentinel since 1984, she is also author of 14 books about life and love in Tidewater, Virginia. Click here for available books.

A Great Lakes Odyssey — Part 4

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 Reuniting with Grandfather’s ‘Good Ship Tobermory’ on its 100th birthday We had made it as far as Lansing, Mich., by air and now needed to travel by car to Sault Ste. Marie, where the old “Tobermory II,” now named “Clyde D. Neville,” was docked. The trip would take us to the very tip of Upper Michigan...
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A Great Lakes Odyssey — Part 3

Part 1 • Part 2 Reuniting with Grandfather’s beloved ‘Tobermory II’ ship on its 100th birthday My grandfather, F.W. Wakefield, may have built an iron ship to last 100 years,...
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A Great Lakes Odyssey — Part 2

Part 1 Reuniting with Grandfather’s ‘Good Ship Tobermory’ on its 100th birthday I never knew my grandfather, but family tales of him coming to America from Birmingham, England, with his...
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A Great Lakes Odyssey — Part 1

Reuniting with Grandfather’s ‘Good Ship Tobermory’ on its 100th birthday URBANNA — I guess one might say it was like making a pilgrimage to Canterbury or Jerusalem. Or waking...
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‘Oyster Fest provides decades of memories’

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15 It occurred to me that this year’s Urbanna Oyster Festival was my 40th....
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Ups and downs of summer arrives at Part 5, conclusion

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  URBANNA — Then came the storm. Never make...
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The ups and downs of summer, Part 4

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5   by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  URBANNA — A new experience over summer was hosting...
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Presenting the ups and downs of summer, Part 3

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  URBANNA, VA — In mid-June I began to...
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Presenting the ups and downs of summer, Part 2

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 by Marry Wakefield Buxton -  URBANNA, VA. — March brought a national shutdown of...
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Presenting the ups and downs of summer, Part 1

(Editor’s note: The Southside Sentinel welcomes back free lance columnist Mary Wakefield Buxton of Urbanna after her summer writing hiatus. Along with regularly sharing...
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“One Woman’s Opinion” returns in September

Note to readers: Mary Wakefield Buxton takes June, July and August off from writing her weekly column for the Sentinel. She bids everyone a...
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Is investigation of Trump possibly a political move?

by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va. — The question to mull over for the day is why human beings always have to be right. It’s...
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Urbanna day’s details make it remarkable

by Marry Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va. — What’s there to do today? Not much. The first excitement is feed the menagerie. “Dandy” is the...
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Amid widespread suffering, pandemic creates some good

by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va. — Social isolation has prevented the spread of the coronavirus in the commonwealth. But businesses forced to close have...
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Can everyone stop the shouting?

by Marry Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va. — Several weeks ago in the new “Sentinel Sound Off” feature readers were asked if they thought President...
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