Having Fun in Southern and Southwest Virginia (and a little North Carolina)
Another summer has rolled past in southern Virginia and fall festivals have begun to seep into our calendar. If the 2017 Brewsterwalk Craft Beer Festival can serve as an omen for our upcoming fall festivities, we are in phenomenal shape for a great pre-Christmas season. Continue reading “Brewsterwalk 2017”
“Hi, I’m Carl! I have a belly full of hot cocoa mix and a head full of marshmallows. Take me home, heat up a pot of milk, and watch me melt away into delicious hot chocolate. I’m only around once a year, so drink up while you can.” — Carl Continue reading “Carl The Snowman”
I recently read “Mud Season: How One Woman’s Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running The Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another.” This is relevant because, as a former Texan, I didn’t know what a mud season is. Turns out that, further north than here, the ground freezes to a certain depth and does not thaw before the melting winter’s snow. Until the ground thaws enough for the run-off to sink in, there is mud. Continue reading “The First Winter Snow”
There was a book signing with Beth Macy at the new book store in Uptown Martinsville, Books and Crannies, on December 21st. She was in town to promote her latest book, “Truevine”. Ms. Macy previously wrote “Factory Man“, for which there is still some hope that a movie might be forthcoming. Truevine sounds like it may be a great deal more controversial as it deals with the fates of two African American children with albinism who were reportedly abducted and forced into work in various circus freak shows at the turn of the twentieth century. Continue reading “Book Signing at Books & Crannies”
I recently ran across a stash of old photos I had taken one day when Mother and I had gone shopping and accidentally stumbled across WWII underway in the heart of our downtown. This was 2012 and we were in the downtown square in Waxahachie, Texas. Continue reading “A Veterans Day Surprise”
The leaves have been late to change this year but, like everyone else, we’ve been anxious to get out and see them anyway. We knew not to expect much last weekend so our plan was to stop at Lovers Leap Scenic Outlook in Meadows of Dan and see what the color looked like. If it was impressive, we’d hit the Parkway. If not, we’d drive past the Parkway to Galax and stop in at a new craft beer brewpub we’d found on the way to Damascus last time. The color at Lovers Leap was not impressive. Continue reading “Creek Bottom Brews – Galax”
