Gentle Readers, The American Battlefield Trust has joined the battle in which I enlisted several years ago to attempt to preserve some of the landscapes that framed the struggles of our Revolution and Civil War. We were successful in purchasing a McMansion sited on the top of the hill in the center of the Battle […]

“Good morning, Gentle Readers. I am Amanda, the quiet one they complain about here. The Writer’s Circle is reluctant to go outside this morning, since at first light under a sliver moon and the brilliant light of Venus it is sixteen degrees by the Fire Ring at Refuge Farm. The Person in Red on the […]

Morning, Folks! There are the usual fits-and-starts outside in Virginia’s lush Piedmont as we drive into Spring. The waning moon gave us a glimmer as the sun came up. Pretty morning. The gang drifted out of sleep sacks for coffee and conversation at the Fire Ring not supervised by the Attorney who is supposed to […]

The Writer’s Section at Refuge Farm had been concerned with the President’s latest apparent impromptu declaration advocating the overthrow of the chief of the Russian government. That was the third in an interesting series of walk-backs from whoever is actually in charge of things at the White House. But violence was the topic of interest. […]

The word began swirling late yesterday. It was uncertain, as is all the “news” these days. In the version presented and disseminated through the West, it appeared a solution to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia may have lurched to what is possibly a solution that could save life and lessen that chance of use […]

(Belmont Farms Delivery Vehicle. A known Classic. Photo Belmont Farms). Splash was missing at the Morning Production Meeting. The Attorney was smiling. She had taken firm and decisive steps to remedy a growing problem. Thankfully, the problem had been resolved in a manner precluding a call to local law enforcement, which would have created a […]

We have been caught up in a minor struggle here in a lovely place that has experienced greater ones. Much greater. It caused the Chairman to actually draft a note to the local paper, marking his opposition to some of the industrial change being proposed on agricultural land in this part of the Virginia Piedmont. […]

They say Mr. Putin, also known by his nick-name “Vlad the Impaler” is headed to Brussels to talk to some people in the European Union and assure them that despite an open, armored force invasion of a country right next door, everything is fine and to just relax a little. We are apparently at a […]

We had a nice piece to run from our pal Arrias this morning that called out to history and the astonishing confluence of events in our world today. That minimized the urgency to put something into production for street circulation, and likewise lessened our Attorney’s attention, since she thought nothing was liable to escape into […]

Splash was up early. The last thing we caught from the news storm of Sunday was an ultimatum from the Kremlin- we used to say things like that- about what had been a pretty nice town on the Black Sea in Ukraine. It had been surrounded by some invading army, and as night settled in […]