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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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Events in and around Urbanna

by Marry Wakefiled Buxton –  Urbanna, Va— A whopper of a storm was brewing as we pulled into the Mary Washington Ball Museum and Library...
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Last Days at Appomattox

Urbanna, Va.— Historian Patrick Schroeder from the National Park Service at Appomattox, who specializes in the history of Lee’s surrender to Grant in April,...
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The summer of 2019

by Marry Wakefield Buxton Hot was the word for it. The hottest summer I ever remember. Either that or I am becoming more sensitive of...
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Calm down and carry on

by Mary Wakefield Buxton Urbanna, Va.— Sorry to say Urbanna Town Council suffered some turbulent meetings and bad publicity over the summer. For a town...
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