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Twin Light Houses of Cape Henry, Va., or Where your First Public Dollars were SpentSeveral Years ago, living in New Jers...
12/30/2025

Twin Light Houses of Cape Henry, Va., or Where your First Public Dollars were Spent

Several Years ago, living in New Jersey, I decided to “collect” lighthouses. Not the little figures of lighthouses, but rather to visit and photograph them. New Jersey was a good place to start—it has more than 20 lighthouses, light ships, and range lights. I selected, however, the Cape Henry, Virginia lighthouse for my first article in this series because it has the distinction of being the first publicly funded construction project of the first session of Congress in 1777....

Several Years ago, living in New Jersey, I decided to “collect” lighthouses. Not the little figures of lighthouses, but rather to visit and photograph them. New Jersey was a good place to start—it …

A Shotgun Hole in the Corn Crib RoofOr, An Example of Learning Good Judgment from Bad Judgment In 1957, when I was 13, m...
12/30/2025

A Shotgun Hole in the Corn Crib Roof

Or, An Example of Learning Good Judgment from Bad Judgment In 1957, when I was 13, my father was appointed postmaster of Lanexa, Virginia--the post office that served our farm. Up until this time, my father had worked the farm, including a modest, but profitable hog business. Typically, we had 25 to 30 hogs in various age groups. While the hog business was not a full time effort, it did provide income....

Or, An Example of Learning Good Judgment from Bad Judgment In 1957, when I was 13, my father was appointed postmaster of Lanexa, Virginia–the post office that served our farm. Up until this t…

Re-post from August 31, 2014 This is “The Porch.” This might be categorized as “The View From Pelham,” but the appreciat...
09/23/2025

Re-post from August 31, 2014 This is “The Porch.” This might be categorized as “The View From Pelham,” but the appreciation for early mornings was nurtured on the Farm. The Porch It is a little after 0600 here in Middle Tennessee, and, as I routinely do on Sunday mornings I am sitting on the front porch with a fresh cup of coffee easily within reach (and my note pad, writing this)....

Re-post from August 31, 2014 This is “The Porch.” This might be categorized as “The View From Pelham,” but the appreciation for early mornings was nurtured on the Farm. The Porch It is a little aft…

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