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Within 30 minutes of Charlottesville, Virginia, renowned for the University of Virginia and its bucolic setting at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains are seven charming small towns steeped…
It’s being called an affordable home crisis. The American dream of home ownership has become elusive, especially in robust communities like Charlottesville, Virginia. Currently there are only 38 listings under…
Fall brings not only cool weather and a burst of color to our woods but to some a strong pull from our DNA to harvest from the fields and the…
If you day dream about catching a native brook trout on on a classic Virginia mountain stream like the Rapidan River in Madison County or the Conway River in Greene…
Rivers are the life blood of the land. From the tiniest spring head that sends a trickle down the mountainside, becoming a stream, a brook, a fast river in the…
Good signs for 2025 Walk score? Nah..not unless you mean walking in the woods Convenient to shopping? Not really but you begin to realize that 25 minutes to the grocery…
Does it snow in Virginia? It used to get much colder in the winter and we would expect snow every year. Recently we have had years with no snow at…
Monticello AVA - https://monticellowinetrail.com/plan-your-visit Much is made of Thomas Jefferson’s dream of producing fine wines in Virginia and especially his failure to do so. How happy he would be to…
The first carriage to pull into the circle drive in front of Frascati in 1823 was very likely bringing James Barbour and his wife, Lucy, to the just completed home…
I wrote this article about my parents in 2014. They are both gone now but I find myself in those same happy shoes these days, enjoying the fruits of our…
