Fall Is In The Air, At Least For Now
The mornings have been cooler (50-60s °F), the humidity is down, and the Mums have been planted and are blooming. While it still seems a bit early, it must be nearing the Fall season.
A Butter Eye Catcher, Preserved
“Hey, does anybody know where the new person put the Peach Preserves?” “I don’t know, but we’d ‘butter’ find them!”
National D-Day Memorial
At first glance, the southern Virginia town of Bedford may seem like an unusual place for a national military memorial. However, it makes perfect sense once you know the story of Bedford’s sacrifice on June 6, 1944, D-Day. They called them the Bedford Boys, 35 young men who grew up and enlisted together to serve…
That Is The Question
“A sense of humor… is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.”
Hugh Sidey
Dolomite Quarry
From all the material I’ve seen, this quarry/open-pit mine is run responsibly, and Dolomite is a ‘safe’ and highly useful mineral for building and construction. However, I can’t deny a feeling that any mine such as this is an open wound upon the land. My hope is that when the inevitable day comes when mining…
