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Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Last Saturday the Northern Neck Master Gardeners presented for the 30th year the Gardening in the Northern Neck seminar. For the second year in...

Celebrating the value of community colleges

April marks the celebration of Community College Month, shining a spotlight on the important role played by institutions like Rappahannock Community College (RCC) in...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

For most of the near-century that he lived, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries were integral in the life of Lewis Shelton, who died...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick Not very long ago, a friend received a gift pack of cocktail napkins on which was written “Help, I’m talking and I...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

For well over a century, in Washington, D.C., the standard of excellence for ladies’ fine apparel was the firm of Rizik Brothers. The company...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick I wasn’t sure whether I should write to you because I am not sure my problem is really about manners, but here...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

Four years ago, I wrote an item on Lee Lee Simpson that was inspired by a conversation with her one evening at Lee’s Restaurant,...

Excerpts

More of the saga. Today’s item is a reflection on several of its predecessors from across the last four decades. Three years after I began writing...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

The saga continues, again. Tomorrow, the Ides of March, is the 40th anniversary of the first “Excerpts,” during the writing of which I borrowed, coined...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick Friday, March 8, was International Women’s Day. In light of this, I think it is appropriate, and entertaining, to take a look...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

by Henry Lane Hull The saga continues. In the early spring of 1984, I was teaching Russian history at a university in Huntsville, Alabama. Throughout...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

The Rappahannock Record was founded in 1916, and from 1920 until he died in 1993 the publisher was J. Emory Currell. He insisted that...

Because You Are Polite

by Ginger Philbrick My husband and I were on the café deck of the Long Island Ferry when we had the pleasure of meeting two...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

One of the most significant figures in the modern history of the Northern Neck was a man who never lived here. His name was...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

As a rule, I think of myself as a person slow to frustration and, I hope, never to anger, but sometimes that is a...

Excerpts by Henry Lane Hull

On Monday morning I received the joyously exciting news that I had won the Publisher’s Clearing House sweepstakes, and I would be receiving the...
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