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A Great Lakes Odyssey — Part 1

“Reuniting with Grandfather’s 100-year-old ‘Good Ship Tobermory II’” URBANNA — I guess one might say it was like making a pilgrimage to Canterbury or Jerusalem. Or waking up as a child on Christmas morning and first seeing the array of gifts Santa had brought underneath the glittering tree. Or being first setting eyes on my newborn baby. Such things could never be forgotten. I...

‘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....

Wooden Boatbuilding Week in D’ville was fun!

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 URBANNA — Every summer the Deltaville Maritime Museum offers a family wooden boat-building camp....

Dog Friends group morphs to Middlesex Pet Friends for Life

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 URBANNA -  There are many dog lovers in Middlesex County. Something here attracts people who...

Red alert! Father falls in love not long after wife’s passing

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 URBANNA — Just as life was settling down in Middlesex County and the days were humming...

Columnist finds it’s fun to turn some incidents into humor

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 URBANNA — The first time I went to Deltaville I was accompanied by a Middlesex County native....

Remembering the musical gifts of Jack Mulligan

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 URBANNA — The late Jack Mulligan of Urbanna was one of the most talented musicians I have ever...

Early efforts to meet and make new friends in Middlesex County

  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 URBANNA — One day, a glorious spring day one Sunday, the sort of day Father would open the front...

First memories in town seem like they happened yesterday

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 URBANNA — Dr. Van Name, Urbanna’s beloved doctor of yesteryear, had his office on Virginia Street in downtown Urbanna 40...

Four decades ago, things were very different in the county

Part 1, Part 2 URBANNA — How can I ever forget my first visit to Christ Church in 1984? Forty years have passed, but I...

Columnist walks around Urbanna, once upon a time

URBANNA — Kent Street along the waterfront in Urbanna was a one-lane gravel road when we arrived in 1984. One needn’t bother washing a...

Look of Urbanna today differs from one of four decades ago

URBANNA — While walking down Virginia Street the other day it occurred to me that many changes had come about in the 40 years...

Educating One Woman, four decades of writing (Part 8)

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 5 • Part 6 • Part 7 URBANNA — Along the way I started writing books, 15 of them before I retired....

Educating One Woman: Four decades of writing (Part 7)

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 • Part 6 URBANNA — Occasionally One Woman’s Opinion irritated some readers. Some to the point they threw all...

Educating One Woman: Four decades of writing (Part 6)

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 URBANNA — Four decades of writing One Woman’s Opinion columns provided many lessons about both writing and...

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