Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Cards Against Posterity

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As the sole survivor of my immediate family, I often find myself reflecting on the profound influence of certain people, places, and ev...
Friday, January 20, 2023

The Legend of Sam Lion

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This remnant of one of the Hairston family’s old farming roads still lurks in the woods near my house. I have posted links to this s...
Monday, September 30, 2019

Martinsville Memories at Oktoberfest

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This Saturday — October 5 — is Martinsville's 40th Annual Oktoberfest , and if you're anywhere within a reasonable traveling di...
Sunday, December 1, 2013

Occoneechee Speedway, Yuggoth VI: The Twisted Grove, The Stoned Poet, and Others

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A long stretch of the old speedway, now overtaken by the forest ...
Saturday, March 30, 2013

Fresh Air

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The inevitable portrait from the day's caching trip The best t...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Lost Places

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One of the buildings at the old Dan River Mills facility, Danville, VA, now falling to ruin There are many such locations in southern Vi...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Servante of Darkness: History and Horror

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A couple of weeks back, professor and author Anthony Servante posted an intriguing blog about literary horror through the ages, beginning w...
Friday, November 25, 2011

Black Friday Smith Mountain Lake Adventures

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It's a pity Ms. B. and I never get out and about finding cool places to hike, picnic, hunt geocaches, drink margaritas, etc., etc. Oh, w...