December 2017
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Gentle Harvest Delivers More Than "Fast Farm Food"
Top marks – A+ and then some — to Gentle Harvest where the prices are surprisingly fair and competitive and many items substantiate their Locovore™ mission to s…
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Foxcroft School Launches Academic Concentrations Program
Foxcroft School Academic Dean Courtney Ulmer recently announced the introduction of the Foxcroft Academic Concentrations program, a new opportunity for students…
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Fox Meadow Breakfast includes a birthday surprise
Fox Meadow Breakfast includes a birthday surprise
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Dollar Oysters at the Ole' Bank Building
It began as Middleburg National Bank, an imposing, elegant, neoclassical structure now home to King Street Oyster Bar. Eating lunch at the original Leesburg loc…
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Didn't Say No - Blue
"A gentleman accepts the responsibilities of his actions, and bears the burden of their consequences," William Faulkner wrote in his last years, "even when he d…
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Christmas in Middleburg Hunt Review
Christmas in Middleburg Hunt Review
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Christmas - And "The Gift of Tears"
Christmas, forever wrapped in the meaning of "Revelation," is a time many try to align their lives anew. It begins with a quiet feeling of hope - of perhaps bei…
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Bye, Bye, Net Neutrality?
So, it's been a good run. The Internet up 'till now has been a free marketplace of ideas, arts, and commerce. It has been my gateway to an amazing bounty of mus…
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Born That Way - A Novel Series For Kids Of All Ages
Susan Ketchen's fictional series — Born That Way, Grows That Way, Made That Way, Rides That Way — about aspiring equestrian Sylvia does much more than chronicle…
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Another Great Parade
The first Saturday in December is always special in Middleburg, and this year was no exception. "Christmas in Middleburg" celebrations began, as usual with moun…
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A Politically Correct Christmas
Enjoy the season, friends. I read this online and it was too good not to share. Twas the night before Christmas and Santa's a wreck...How to live in a world tha…
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A Brief History of The Bubbly
It started with a rivalry, of course. Wine's been made since the Romans first planted vineyards, but it wasn't until the mid 1660's that the centuries-old compe…
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Money For Art - The Artist’s Perspective
There’s a distinct change that happens in an artist after they have taken money in exchange for their art. What was an exploration of self-expression, becomes…