Archive: 2005
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Joan Gardiner's Tiles Tell Stories of Our Times
When Joan Gardiner's Alphabet is formally installed at The Hill School this month, it will join a legacy of important work created by the local tile maker in he…
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Illness: Indicator of the More Highly Evolved
Topic of Cancer Susan Sontag wrote about illness to liberate us from the wretchedly negative and lurid metaphors society concocted to confine cancer and AIDS pa…
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Hunt Country Stable Tour Features Local Vendors
The Hunt Country Stable Tour is featuring the Second Annual Country Fair to be held in the churchyard of Trinity Church Upperville from 10 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.…
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Horticultural Symposium
If this wintry weather is making you yearn for the days of summer when you can sink your feet into soft soil and plant bulbs and mulch and mold the green of you…
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Highland School
The Key Club delivered 21 bags of clothes, blankets and coats along with 100 bag lunches, a case of bananas, and 100 bottles of water and juice to the homeless…
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Céad Míle Fáilte
Ellen Jones loves to share her love for things Irish. On a visit to her store, she said, "You see the phrase 'Céad Míle Fáilte' (pronounced kay-ed meel-ah fall-…
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Community Defined at Helping Hand Benefit
Everyone wanted to help the victims of the recent Tsunami, but it took Project Helping Hand and the commitment of hundreds of Middleburg friends and citizens to…
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Citizens Rally to Aid Tsunami Victims
Southeast Asian countries lost more than 150,000 lives to the December 26, 2004 Tsunami, but the devastation ignited a storm of community spirit in Middleburg.…
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Celebrating on Board the Good Ship Salamander…
In January 2004 I took my wife Sandy on the inaugural sailing of the Queen Mary 2 on the occasion of our 38th wedding anniversary. Needless to say, it made plan…
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Camerata Cantores "Sing to His Name"
Camerata Cantores and Brass Classique will present two concerts of sacred music, March 12 and 13. Their unique blend of voices fused with the brass timbres and…
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Beloved Banker Retires With Interest
After nearly 18 years of faithful service at the Middleburg Bank, Ethel Gibson began her well-deserved retirement on January 31. Gibson began her career in 1987…
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Albert's Corner
A monthly column for people who share their homes with four-legged friends. While most of you may be unaware of it, I'm a celebrity. I've kept it under wraps fo…
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Adventures in Dining
Creating Memories In Dining The other evening Chef Hump (from Humberto) Astorga welcomed this reporter to "Aster", his brand new Middleburg restaurant, and an h…
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Words to Live By
Pound-for-pound, the little village of Middleburg offers more great retail stores than most places in America. Newly added to the lineup is Books & Crannies. Op…
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What's New in the Garden
It seems that 2005 might be a big year for gardening, if the new plants are any indication. Great strides have been made in many plant groups as new cultivars a…
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Wendy Pepper Shows Her Style - Local Designer Continues Winning Streak on Project Runway
When Wendy Pepper was growing up, when things were not always going the way she hoped, she dreamed that someday she'd be successful enough to help maintain her…
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We Don't Have to Fuel the Fire
Jim Duszynski, in a Letter to the Washington Post dated December 5, 2004, asks Loudoun's citizens to "give growth a chance." That, to my mind, is a pretty large…
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Tutti and Tommy Show Cast
Tutti and Tommy Show Cast
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Town Council Opens 2005 Session
The Middleburg Town Council opened their January session with a Joint Public Hearing with the Middleburg Planning Commission, which got underway at 7:30 pm on J…
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The Tutti and Tommy Show - Teen Talk Show Takes the Stage
The trials of being a teenager will be center stage at the Tutti and Tommy Show which premiered at The Hill School on January 16 and will be presented every fol…