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Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick You have probably had the experience, too. You know, when you have a group of friends for a party or dinner, people...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Many years ago, when the Younger B.E. was an adolescent, she persistently wanted a pair of Uggs boots. At the time, I had no...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Familial relationships bring folks together, and at times sadly they are the cause of differences. In our own extended family, I have witnessed this...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

In public speaking, the most important focus for orators must be establishing an identity, indeed an engagement, with their audiences. Regardless of the topic,...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick Remember that old joke about the Boy Scout who, when tasked with doing a good deed, helped an elderly lady across the...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

This past weekend, our family proceeded to make our annual visit to the corn maze at the Northern Neck Farm Museum near Horsehead in...

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...
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