Category Archives: A Writer’s Life

Free Cycle Poetry or The Story of Futons and Life

So, we finally got rid of the futon. It was broken, but I posted a full disclosure notice on the Charlottesville-Albemarle Freecycle list. After a few email exchanges and phone calls to arrange pick up between snow showers, a woman … Continue reading

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We Brake for Skies

Yesterday we were passing through Barboursville on our way back from a soccer tournament. The trip had been especially pretty, with the air taking on a golden glow as two full days of hard rain transitioned Virginia from summer humidity … Continue reading

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A Thirty-Year Hike

Before our wedding anniversary rolled around, I was hoping we’d get to celebrate by going hiking, and I had in my mind getting back to South River Falls. We made it to the Falls, not far from Swift Run Gap … Continue reading

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Sports Access and the Media

The homeschool sports access bill in Virginia has gained a LOT of media attention, today even that of the New York Times. No kidding. NYT mostly gets it right, though it falls into the trap of treating the Homeschool Legal … Continue reading

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Vianden Castle: In which a Faulconer meets a falconer

Our ultimate field trip to Europe included Nick’s one request — to visit a real castle. Since the organizing factor of the trip was to visit his grandfather’s World War II battlefield straddling Luxembourg and Wallendorf, Germany (which I wrote … Continue reading

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