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Foxcroft School’s ‘Think Pink’ Tournament Produces Champions, Funds and Fun!
S t. James School, John Paul the Great High and Loudoun Country Day School all swept their opponents Saturday to claim division titles at Foxcroft School’s…
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The Awesome Possum - The Plant Lady
The opossum or possum is a very interesting mammal, and very common in Virginia, although originally from South America. Many things make them interesting, one…
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The Artist’s Perspective
We artists have a way of playing off emotion. We get inspired by things that make us feel good or bad, or that make us think, and depending on our creative…
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Managing trade professionals at home, tips to success - Ask a Remodeler
Whether or not you’re considering a remodel, there comes a time that each of us needs to perform maintenance and repairs on our home. As a professional…
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SNO-M-G
What did everyone do when a blizzard of epic proportion blew through Middleburg last week? It seems the absolute first thing everyone did was go to straight to…
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West End Wine Bar & Pub - From Behind the Stove
It happens when two people wearing riding clothes see each other, same with two bicyclists meeting on the road. An automatic camaraderie is formed once…
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Cosmetic Dentistry Update: Esthetic Bonded Fillings
Gone are the days of restoring teeth with unattractive metal fillings. New technology and training coupled with dental artistry have replaced unsightly…
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Fixing Fate - iMed
People are born to die, and it can’t be otherwise, because extinction is the price of mass-immortality. But what can be otherwise is that people might die…
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Self-talk and health
Have you ever heard the saying; what we resist, persists? In other words, if we constantly tell ourselves we do not have enough time to exercise or eat…
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Albert’s Corner
This is one of those times when hindsight is 20/20, meaning that I wish I had written about this month’s topic a few months ago. I am, as they say, late to the…
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Community
“Many people are good at talking about what they are doing, but in fact do little. Others do a lot but don’t talk about it; they are the ones who make a…
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Who Knew? - Blue
In what is probably the most interesting and, from a GOP perspective, one of the most damaging campaigns since young Barry Goldwater hedged on civil rights and…
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An Early Look at the Crazy 2016 Election - RED
Well, the silly season is thoroughly upon us and, though hard to believe, it’s even sillier than usual. The leading Republican is P.T. Barnum; the leading…
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Hypocrisy
I am writing this from San Cristobal (sorry about “your snow”) The significance writing from here is the Zapatista movement. It began here in San Cristobal and…
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The Public Square and the New Year - The Public Square
January is a time for new beginnings and transitions. Named for the Roman god Janus - the Latin word for door, we hope for better days to come. New Year’s is…
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NEA FELLOW TO HIGHLIGHT BERGAN POETRY FESTIVAL AT FOXCROFT SCHOOL
Sandra Beasley, an award-winning poet and 2015 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellow, will highlight the Paul K. Bergan Poetry Festival at Foxcroft…
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Middleburg Eccentric January 2016 Issue, Volume 12 Issue 9
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Peter Jay Chittick
LIEUTENANT COLONEL (RET.) PETER J. CHITTICK (Age 82) passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 7, 2016 in Fredericksburg, VA. He was born in Washington,…
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Leesburg Kiwanis and Loudoun County Toys for Tots visit Children’s Unit at Inova Loudoun Hospital
Members of the Leesburg Kiwanis and Loudoun County Toys for Tots representatives visited pediatric patients in the Children’s ER and the Children’s Unit at…
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