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“Manners are fun with Katherine the Great."
... patiently hugging me, until she couldn’t hold it in any longer: “it’s not what you want to hear right now… but you smell incredible!” And the giggling began.
Thus began my unplanned week of rest and recovery in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jessie and Kat let me explode all over their lounge room for four days and nights, Kat bought me a bed to sleep on (I still feel bad about that!) and Jessie very graciously, despite ...
Goodnight John-Boy
No trip to this part of Virginia would be complete without a visit to the Walton's Mountain Museum in Schuyler (pronounced Sky-ler).
Earl Hamner is probably best known for the novel and film Spencer's Mountain and the television series The Waltons, for which he provided the voiceover narration. The stories were based on his own experiences growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and the people were modelled ...
Monticello and Reunion
... dining room dumb waiter. Even the dining room was unique - set into a glass-sided alcove with a sliding door of double paned glass to keep in warmth. Fancy window drapery framed most windows; inspiration for my 8 big picture windows at home! Jefferson' chambers, book room, cabinet and green house made up a very private suite - nicer than many suites in homes constructed today! I was most surprised by the spaces Jefferson created for domestic work ...
Wolftrap Farm and Charlottesville
... get to see the exterior very well. Of course, we stopped into the university bookstore and got inspired by some of the reading selections for courses. Charlottesville is located at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains and we could easily see them in the background. The Pedestrian Mall reminded us of a similar one in Iowa City. We met up with Mom, Dad, Cathy and Paul in front of the historic theater, the Paramount, for ...
Hot humid, pleasant morning though.......
... chatted and I gave her my card she couldn't believe my age and wished me a Happy early Birthday....
All in all this has been a awesome and amazing journey......the people that I have met were caring, loving,and helpful people.....thats what is so cool about meeting people along the way, you get to hear their stories about their communities and how to deal with giving, to those less fortunate. There are a lot of great people that do ...
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