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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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Hail and farewell to Hardin

by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va. — Tom Hardin retired last month after many years serving Middlesex County as editor of the Southside Sentinel. Over...
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Even in Eden, gators lurk, Conclusion

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  View from my Lanai, Conclusion Urbanna, Va. — “Things fall apart;...
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An Empty Dream, Part 4

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 by Marry Wakefield Buxton -  The overnight in a Naples, Fla., motel gave us a...
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Chasing the Sun, Part 3

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 by Mary Wakefield Buxton -  Urbanna, Va.—On Christmas Eve, after my morning tea, I made...
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Wind Off The Gulf, Part 2

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Urbanna, Va— There are dozens of species of palm trees...
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Birdsong and other joys of life

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Urbanna, Va.— It’s good to hear spring has arrived in Urbanna, that the winter...
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Vienna, Conclusion

by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6 • Part 7 Urbanna,...
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Vienna, Part 6

by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 5 • Part 6 • Part 7 Urbanna, Va.— One...
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Vienna, Part 5

by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6 • Part 7 Urbanna,...
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Vienna, Part 4

by Mary Wakefield Buxton –  Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 5 • Part 6 • Part 7 Urbanna, Va.— Austria...
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