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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...

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...

The world should say no to all racial and ethnic attacks

URBANNA — What a year 2023 was. I don’t have space today to list the many worrisome events that took place around the world. The...

“It’s more than past time to bury the hatchet”

Am I the only one in this country that is sick and tired of the use of district attorneys, special counsels, attorney generals, courts...

’Tis the season to reflect on Christmas blessings

URBANNA — A life threatening experience, any event that comes about that reminds us that our lives are short and temporary, is a good reminder...

Dire Consequences: Part 3

  Part 1 • Part 2 The swing doors to surgery swung open to admit me into a large room fitted with looming and fierce equipment....

Dire Consequences: Part 2

Part 1 URBANNA — Why would my doctor be calling me at 9 o’clock in the morning and asking me how I was feeling? I...

Various lessons are learned while one dances along with dire consequences

URBANNA — Shortly after returning on a what I called facetiously, “The trip of a Lifetime,” (because the trip was so stressful) a vacation...

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