Monthly Archives: November 2009

Thanksgiving here and gone

It was a quiet Thanksgiving – no hosting of thousands or schlepping off to visit family. In fact, there was just the three of us (the boy – I’m sorry, I realize he’s nearly 20 but after all these years … Continue reading

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Charlottesville Blog of the Week: Vale of Evening Fog

Video from the Blog of the Week segment on CBS-19 Bonus: Video segment with Zoe Krylova There are very few bloggers I know in the Charlottesville community that have been blogging as long, or longer than I have. Zoe Krylova’s … Continue reading

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Cville Blog of the Week: Dried Figs and Wooden Spools

I’m a new fan of this blog: http://driedfigsandwoodenspools.blogspot.com/ and I think you will be, too. Here’s why. Gillian Grimm proved a lovely subject for this week’s featured blog. Check out the segment’s teaser piece. I asked Gillian to tell us … Continue reading

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Planting Trees at My Favorite Airport

Disclaimer time: the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport is a client of ours at Standing Partnership, the firm where I work. /disclaimer On Sunday I planted trees at CHO, along with 89 other volunteers from our community. I wrote about it on … Continue reading

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How Did You Do It?

The boy came home from work one day, and was getting ready to head out again to an evening class at his college. “Working and going to school is exhausting,” he said. “How did you do it?” How did I … Continue reading

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