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- Back in the Day in Fauquier County, Virginia – 1978 April 9, 2019
- The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me April 1, 2019
- Separate But Equal September 11, 2017
- Thinking About Mama July 30, 2017
- Historic Schools of Fauquier County, Virginia November 24, 2015
- The Association November 21, 2015
- Hard To Find September 20, 2015
- Norfolk State College: The Untold Story July 17, 2015
- Ten Plus Two More: (Part 2) The Treasure Revealed May 22, 2015
- Ten Plus Two More: (Part 1) The Legend of the Lost Treasure of Piney Ridge May 21, 2015
- Try Your Best to Stay Alive! April 19, 2015
- A Good Place to Land April 4, 2015
- The House on Piney Ridge Road February 1, 2015
- Providence January 24, 2015
- Le Plume Est Sur La Table November 23, 2014
- Norfolk State College: The Ping Pong Man October 27, 2014
- English Leather October 5, 2014
- A Sight Unseen September 29, 2014
- The Strangers Among Us August 2, 2014
- The Down Side of Ancestry.com July 4, 2014
- Embracing Our Roots May 23, 2014
- A Sign of the Times May 4, 2014
- A Picnic to Remember April 20, 2014
- “The Miracle of the Corn” March 14, 2014
- Charles N. Davis Masonry Contractors March 9, 2014
- Just Like Hugo’s February 22, 2014
- A Friend of the Family January 31, 2014
- Norfolk State College: (A Fish Out of Water ) October 1, 2013
- The Long Way Home September 14, 2013
- A Herculean Task September 9, 2013
- Nothing to Cheer About – The Desegregation of Fauquier High School September 2, 2013
- The Christmas Spirit August 24, 2013
- Saving The Griffinsburg Plantation August 16, 2013
- The State Bank of Remington – Up Close and Personal August 7, 2013
- The Community Action Program: Warrenton, Virginia August 3, 2013
- Growing Up Colored: Everyday Life July 30, 2013
- The Ridge July 28, 2013
- Doomsday at the Park July 27, 2013
- Southeastern Elementary School July 25, 2013
- How I Found Out July 25, 2013
- The Legend of the Woman in White July 25, 2013
- The Sit-In of ’62 July 25, 2013
- Country Living July 24, 2013
- “Say It Loud! I’m Black and I’m Proud!” May 20, 2013
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Tag Archives: Nostalgia
Providence
I was baptized in the Rappahannock River in the summer of 1961. My older siblings, I and quite a few of our friends from the ridge had turned our lives over to Christ at Providence Baptist Church in Remington, Virginia, … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living
Tagged Black History, Fauquier County, Nostalgia, Remington, Reminiscing
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Le Plume Est Sur La Table
When we were growing up our mother told us how, in high school she’d learned to speak French. One of us asked her to say something in French, “Le Plume Est Sur La Table, that means ‘The pen is on … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living
Tagged Based on actual events, norfolk, Nostalgia, Reminiscing
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Norfolk State College: The Ping Pong Man
“We gon’ kick yo ass, Mister Ping Pong Man. You done done it now, yo ass is grass!”. – “Yeah, let’s get him”. Stagalee was about to leave the Grandy Park Recreation Center not sure exactly what he should do. … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, School Life, Some Fiction / Most Fact, The 70s
Tagged Based on actual events, HBCU, norfolk, norfolkstate, Nostalgia, Reminiscing
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A Sight Unseen
“Hey-Lean” Jackson had to tell someone what she’d seen. She just wasn’t sure anybody would believe her. Hey-Lean Jackson knelt at the edge of the woods wondering what she should do. A car had just parked at the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living
Tagged Based on actual events, Ethnicity, Nostalgia, Reminiscing, Virginia
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The Strangers Among Us
Sneaking away from the house before Mom found out. One of the earliest memories I have is of my sister, Barbara, and I sneaking away from the house to visit our cousin Annie Ruth. Annie lived just down at the … Continue reading
A Picnic to Remember
My family and I on one of our many visits to Skyline Drive, that’s me on the right While growing up, our family made picnicking on Skyline Drive, in the Shenandoah National Park, a regular pastime since before I can … Continue reading
Posted in Country Living, The 70s
Tagged Culture, Ethnicity, Family, History, Nostalgia, Reminiscing, Virginia
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