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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 along pretty well, Mother and Father moved from their home in Ohio to this area. They moved into sister Georgia’s summer home on the river in Kilmer’s Point and were cozy enough except...

River rescue and a tale of two wallets

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11 URBANNA — It was one of those rare warm, sunny days in Urbanna one February many decades...

Sixty-first anniversary triggers rich memories

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10 URBANNA — Two dinosaurs living in Middlesex County celebrated a 61st wedding anniversary in August. Not very exciting...

Columnist’s tragic tale of the two wild dogs of Urbanna

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 URBANNA — As a writer, I enjoy turning painful events into comedy. I especially like to spoof myself. Humor...

Remembering dinner at Eckhard’s, life on water

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 URBANNA — What I’d give for one more dinner at Eckhard’s restaurant in Topping! Today I remember Chef Don and...

Educating One Woman: Four decades of writing (Part 1)

URBANNA — It was the July 4 weekend in 1984. Ronald Reagan was in the White House, the world was at peace, immigration was...

“A case of sea fever — the pursuit of happiness”

URBANNA — Every so often I have a knock your socks off kind of experience. A recent dinner at Hazel and David Laughton’s house...

W.Va. summer memories: Some happy, some sad

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 By the end of the second summer in West Virginia camp,...

‘West Virginia Summers in paradise begin to fade’

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 URBANNA — The emotional love poem that Peter had written and shared with me...

Though some ill-advised, camp traditions were guarded carefully a half century ago

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 A newcomer to camp, I quickly learned camp traditions were guarded more carefully than a conservative Episcopalian guards...

Poetic counselor from W.Va summers recalled

Part 1 • Part 2 Getting out of Florida during the unbearably hot summers, escaping parenting duties for a few months, and being in the...

Coming clean about muddy past summers in West Virginia

Now in West Virginia, far from the tropical heat of Florida, we soon fell into the mindless and carefree days of summer camp regimentation....

Past summers in West Virginia remembered

Part 1 URBANNA — I was 33 years old then, almost 50 years ago, living in Palm Beach County, Fla. It was in the mid-1970s,...

“Getting exercise during cold weather is a challenge”

URBANNA — It’s been a few years since Middlesex County has suffered such a cold winter. It seems these last few weeks, no matter...

Changing times’ freedom much to handle

Of all the changes in today’s society, I think gender changes are the most challenging. I was born female and I’m glad I remained female...

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