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Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Our financial portfolio is taking a severe hit, not economically, but botanically. In the spring of 1978, in my father’s annual order for that...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick A while ago I wrote to you about the etiquette of napkin use.  It was soon thereafter brought to my attention that...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

For almost nine decades, Lee’s Restaurant has been the iconic place to dine out in Kilmarnock. For nearly two of those decades, patrons were...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick Even at first glance I was favorably impressed. The attractive handwriting was flowing neatly across the front of the envelope I had...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Harry S Truman is the most recent American president not to have graduated from college, although he did study law for a short period....

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Last month, the Stephens home in Wicomico Church was removed from the landscape.  The house had been the residence of the family that originally...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Among historians and political scientists, an unwritten conventional practice prescribes that in referencing a bilateral war, the loser’s name comes first. As a result,...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick Touch is one of the wonderful five senses which constantly send signals to the brain. As early as age 2, I became conscious...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Last week’s item on smokehouses has generated some interest about other ancillary farm structures, specifically wellhouses and outhouses, also known as privies. The wellhouse...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Many years ago, I recall reading a newspaper article about the last smokehouse in Arlington County being razed for the property to be developed...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick A new reader of this column kindly took the time to share a pattern of seating at the meal table with which...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

When I began writing this item, 42 years ago, I used my trusty old Smith-Corona electric typewriter, which had replaced an earlier Royal manual...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

As the Russo-Ukrainian War rages on, the underlying reality of the abiding presence of the social myth of Moscow claiming to be the Third...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick Last night, my husband and I were at a dinner party of 12 people, most of whom I was meeting for the...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

The new generation of B.E.s has brought about their own array of interests and concerns. In May, its eldest member completed kindergarten. When I...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

A few years ago, my Good Wife and I traveled out of state to attend a friend’s funeral. After the service, we went to...
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