by me | Apr 8, 2012 | city living, current events, Environment, Family, Home, Outdoors, RHome, Richmond VA, writing, yard
With the passing of dear Mary Shumate, who lived and loved the house and yard I’ve lived in 16 years, I’ve been appreciating her handiwork with a sharper eye. She and her dear husband Stuart built this house and fashioned this yard starting in 1955. It...
by me | Apr 2, 2012 | city living, current events, Environment, Outdoors, Quirky Richmond, Richmond Architecture, Richmond VA, running, Travel, writing
Monument Avenue is back in the news–for the always exciting Ukrop’s 10k (presented by Martins) this past Saturday that featured 80, 000+ feet going forward on 40,000+ competitors–and possibly 1 giant step backward if Art 180’s legally permitted...
by me | Mar 15, 2012 | Basketball, current non-events, writing
It cracks me up seeing the searches that bring people to my blog: topless beaches Spain James River Park park via bicycle topless Portugal (I have never been topless in those countries–except when I was bottomless and supposed to be–in the shower, for...
by me | Feb 23, 2012 | business, city living, current events, food, Humor, Quirky Richmond, REAL RICHMOND, Richmond VA, writing
So I agreed to moderate a Writing Show panel for James River Writers this evening. It’s about food, drink, and romance in writing. You had me at chocolate chip cookie. I am thinking hard about what food I should bring with me to stuff into my mouth in order to...
by me | Jan 25, 2012 | business, city living, current non-events, Outdoors, writing
Saw a banner outside a church the other day–a photo of a bewildered guy wondering something like–“Isn’t there more to life?” That is not the question I pose. Isn’t there less to life would be more like it. There’s too much...
by me | Jan 16, 2012 | current non-events, food, Humor, Memoir, school, writing
I have thought more about high school basketball this past week than I did when I played it in high school. Not exactly true, because I’m not really thinking about it so much as thinking, “I used to play basketball. That was a long time ago.” I...
