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Category Archives: I Grew up on a Virginia Farm
My Mother (Continued)
No. 8 – Mother’s Cooking – And then there were grits. (My apologies, this article was posted out of sequence.) Following up on the topic of cooking; growing up in Virginia, you would think grits would have been a regular … Continue reading
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I Grew up on a Farm in Virginia – No. 4
Days at the Beach (and How I learned to Cuss!) In No. 3, we left me “afloat” on a stuffed horse in a mud puddle! Lois and Susie would go to Virginia Beach every summer before I started school. Those … Continue reading
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Tagged chandelier, cuss, Lois, Paul, Richmond, Susie, swearing, Virginia Beach
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My Mother: Florence Lois Rice Richmond (or Why I am an Only Child)
Monday Rewind I started this series and was distracted. Here is the second installment. No. 2 – Why I am an Only Child My mother, Lois Richmond, had a significant influence on my life, interests, career choices, and the fact … Continue reading
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Tagged Lois, Moyseneck, only child, Paul Richmond, Richmond, Susie, W.R. Shackleford, West Virginia
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I Grew Up on a Farm in Virginia
Monday’s Rewind Foreword – This is the first in a series of posts that I originally posted in early 2014. These are stories about my growing up in Virginia on a farm. It will cover roughly 20 years–maybe more. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Blayton, C&O Railroad, Chickahominy, DeHart, Diascund, Edna B. Dehart, Edna Richmond, Edna Shackleford, farm, Lanexa, Lois, Moyseneck, Paul, railroad cut, Richmond, Shackleford, slaves, Susie, the Colonies, Virgiinia
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A Mama ‘Possum at Last
From my earliest memories as a child, I had a several nice big books with pictures and stories about common animals. The images were drawn, pen and ink in subdued colors. There were deer, raccoon, a wolverine and a drawing … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, babies on mama's back, Grover, marsupial, omnivorous, opossum, possum, prehensile tail
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Radishes – A Childhood Flashback
You never know what is going to evoke some distant memory. This summer, we put in a “real” garden for the first time in many years—and that is only because my neighbor kindly agreed to let me use a corner … Continue reading
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Tagged Childhood, farm, garden, memories, planting, radishes, Virginia
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Monochrome Madness 2-45
Posted in Leanne Cole’s Monochrome Madness 2-45 Nostalgia What the city of Oz might have looked like-in black and white-as Dorthy and friends approached. I am beginning to understand why I really like monochrome/black and white photos. My first camera … Continue reading
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Tagged black and white, Brownie, camera, clouds, Delaware, Philadelphia, river, skyline
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A Christmas Story: The Perfect Christmas Tree…Sort of…
It was the second week in December. I was fourteen or fifteen years old and I was taller and, some even said, a bit more mature than most my age. My father would suggest there were lapses in the maturity … Continue reading
Renaissance Musings 