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The mission of Chesapeake Style is to celebrate the Chesapeake

Bay Region and its people, past, present and future.

Editor, PublisherJanet Abbott Fast

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Teen Style CoordinatorCathy Vandeloecht

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Good things continue to happen. Our pick-up at RNI Print Services, in Richmond was like old home week. Michelle, looking smart, as always, waved us to the dock with a smile and there were hugs all around. We were surprised to learn that our comments in the July Fast Times were

passed along in the print plant offices. We were also surprised to learn that pressmen who worked on our magazine five years ago asked to work the shift Chesapeake Style was printed. All of this on the heels of the fire which destroyed one printing press days before scheduled printing. The new size and fresh colors are earning kudos all around. Much to our pleasant surprise, our printer is advertising in the magazine! (See page 5.)

Granny Chris offers apologies about the dancing inquiry in the July issue. She failed to mention that one of our advertisers, Richmond/Essex School of the Performing Arts, in Warsaw, also offers dance lessons. Granny’s face is red and she hopes she doesn’t faint with embarrassment! The editor also missed it. Her face is red too, but she doubts she’ll faint.

We asked readers to identify a property near Callao and several folks responded, telling us it is Wheatland Farm, near Lewisetta. Thanks for taking time to help us out.

Readers will notice we are adding Cooking with Style, by Betty B., Books in Style, and Style Spotlight, articles about our sponsors who are committed to advertising with Chesapeake Style. You will also find their ads on our website. Richmond County’s Teen Style readers will note that the writings are from seniors in this issue. We felt it important to publish their work since they have graduated high school and are moving forward with their lives.

We have another query for you. There is a building in Warsaw, the Saddlery, near the intersection of Routes 3 and 360. We now know the name, but would like more history about this interesting structure. Please send an email to chestyle@bealenet.com if you have any (or all) information about the building. If there are mysterious locations in your life, send us photos and we will ask out readers to help out.

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about the coverRuby-throated Hummingbird in

Trumpet Creeper by Spike Knuth.Spike has been a loyal writer

for Chesapeake Style from near the beginning. I interviewed Spike when he was the featured artist for the White Stone waterfowl show. He’s been sharing his art and knowledge since then.

Much of Spike’s art can be seen at the Jager Gallery, Hub Shopping Center, 6939 Lakeside Ave. Richmond (Near entrance to Lewis Ginter Gardens). Spike writes about Susie’s gardens with stunning photos each month.

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Teen

The Hummingbird By Anna Brennan 10th Grade

all in Memory of YouBy Erica Anderson 12th Grade

I can’t believe you were taken from us so suddenlyBut you will forever live on through your friends and

familyYou might be gone physically, but you’re here in our

memoriesI know we didn’t really get to know each other

I regret that, and I promise I’mma get to know Keya, Johnelle, and your mother

And I’mma love them the way a cousin ought to All in memory of you

No longer in my life will I take people for grantedI’mma love them purely, no more love that’s tainted

And I’mma live everyday to the fullest cause I don’t know when God is going to call me

to the sky But right now when I’m alive

My heart is gonna be where true love residesThank you for showing me the truth

To never leave words unspoken, now I’m gonna speak every word in my heart all in the memory of you.

Rest in Peace Ke-Ke; you will forever be missed

Jessica Boarman 9th Grade

One Saturday morning, it was foggy and

not a very good day to go turkey hunting, but I went anyway. Turns out it was a great day for me.

That morning I got up ready to go with my new 20 gauge rifle that I got for my birthday a couple of months ago. I got all of my camo stuff and walked out the door. I thought to myself, “Holy crap! It is so

cold out here. What if I don’t last?” I met my Poppop, my

grandfather, at his house and we got on the bike and got in the woods at 5:30 am. He sat me down in the turkey hut, and he went to put the decoys out. After he sat down with me, we both listened to the quietness of the woods, but then we both fell asleep. Around 6:00, the turkey started gobbling over the hill from us. I was so excited because that was the first turkey I had ever heard. My Poppop started using his turkey call that made the turkey gobble a lot. When he flew out of the tree, the big turkey worked his way to where we were in the hut. It took him forever, but when he got there I was in shock. My heart was going

two hundred miles an hour, and I was shaking so bad that I couldn’t even hold the gun up. When that turkey got close enough to shoot, I pulled that trigger and BOOM! All the

turkey’s feathers went everywhere. Oh my God, I shot a turkey!

My Poppop said to me, “That is my granddaughter.” That made me feel so good that he said that. After we got up to see the turkey, I was running to it with excitement. We started dragging it out of the woods and then put it on the bike. When we got to the house, we took pictures and everything. We then took it up to check it in. It weighed 21 pounds and had one and a half inch spurs and an eleven and a half inch beard. When my dad saw it, he said, “You need to get it mounted,” and we did.

To this day that turkey is up in my room in a glass case. Now I can always remember that day my Poppop took me turkey hunting for the first time ever. I will always love him for that.

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By Sarah Dillard Pope

I hope you have been interested in reading about Francis Lightfoot Lee’s Menokin in past editions of Chesapeake

Style. This month, we turn the spotlight on Richmond County—a historic and unspoiled community in the heart of the Northern Neck.

In 1608, Captain John Smith explored the creeks that feed into the Rappahannock River and recorded his meetings with the Rappahannock Indians, which gives us a written glimpse into the Richmond County area and its people at that time. John Smith counted 1,000 Rappahannock Indians living in 14 villages when he first came to the area. By 1659 the Rappahannock’s population had tragically fallen to 125 people. Today, Rappahannock descendants own tribal grounds at Indian Neck in King and Queen County. A historic marker on Virginia Route 3 near the Totuskey Creek Bridge was recently installed to commemorate the Rappahannocks.

Several outstanding, privately owned colonial plantations remain standing in the County, including Mount Airy, built c. 1754 by John Tayloe II, and Sabine Hall, constructed in 1740 by Landon Carter, son of Robert “King” Carter. Farnham Episcopal Church, where many of the County’s colonists worshipped, was constructed in 1737. It was restored in 1921 and is

an outstanding example of colonial brick construction.

While Richmond County was not a battlefield during the Civil War, it had been forced to deplete its crops and manpower for the war effort. The advent of the steamboat shortly after the

war offered an economic impetus to the whole Northern Neck. The charming waterfront village of Sharps is filled with Victorian homes along the Rappahannock River. A former steamboat and fishing port, it offers a visitor a peek at the river’s glory days. The Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge, headquartered on Wilna Road in Richmond County, protects wetlands and their associated uplands along the river and its tributaries.

Warsaw, the county seat since 1730, is a friendly town with a number of historic buildings. The Richmond County Courthouse, built in1748, is the third oldest courthouse in Virginia and is still used regularly. The Clerk’s office, which dates to 1816, is a one-room structure with a native brownstone water table. St. John’s Church, constructed in 1835, is another Warsaw highlight. Its churchyard is the site of the grave and memorial honoring Congressman William Atkinson Jones, author of the Philippine Independence Bill of 1916.

The Richmond County Museum is located across from St. John’s Church in the 1872 jail building on the courthouse green. Permanent exhibits include those on the Rappahannock Indians; Moore Fauntleroy, English

immigrant and founder of Old Rappahannock County; Francis Lightfoot Lee, signer of the Declaration of Independence; and Congressman William Atkinson Jones.

You will also find two featured exhibits at the Museum this summer: “Rappahannock Tribe: Keeping Traditions Alive” and “Jamestown Anniversaries Revisited.” The Rappahannock Tribe exhibit features early artifacts and contemporary craft items, as well as historic and modern photographs and text panels describing the history and present activities of the Rappahannocks. The exhibit will run through October 31, 2007. The Jamestown anniversary exhibit features items on loan from the Jamestown Yorktown Foundation that date to the 1907 Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk and the Jamestown Festival of 1957. The exhibit teaches visitors how earlier commemorations were marked and how attitudes and perspectives have since

changed. This exhibit will run through September 8, 2007. The Richmond County Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call (804) 333-3607 for more information

With its past rooted in farming, forestry, and history and its future in local business growth, family values, and historic preservation, Richmond County truly is many things to many people. To visitors, it is an unparalleled combination of historic treasures, water views, birding, hiking, wineries, and boating. To those who call Richmond County home, it’s a place where life is simple, the people kind, and the lifestyle a joy. More about Richmond County can be found in the 2007 Northern Neck Tourism Guide (www.northernneck.org).

Thanks to: Patty Long, Northern Neck Tourism Council, and David Jett, Richmond County Museum, for providing content for this article; and Palmer Ware, Menokin summer intern, for editing and photography.

richmond county~historic, unspoiled

Below: Richmond County Courthouse and the County Clerk’s Office. The Richmond County Courthouse, built 1748, is the third oldest

courthouse in Virginia and is still used regularly. Top left Richmond County Museum, located in the former 1872 county jail

August 2007 �

By Jean C. Keating

Ouch!” My screech was loud enough to awaken my neighbors in the house next door.

“Drat it, Simba. That was my toe!”My noisy response did little to

faze the nineteen pounds of Maine Coon cat that had just flattened two of my toes with his bear like paw. I recovered from my surprise in time to praise him for keeping the long, lethal weapons that served him as claws retracted.

I’m not certain where this large feline developed the habit of chasing shadows on the rug. But it delights me each night that my bedtime routine includes ten minutes of play with this reformed character.

He was eight years old when we first met. I was doing a book signing to support the Charlottesville SPCA. After six months of treatments for respiratory problems and adoption opportunities that had been unsuccessful, he was on his last day. I couldn’t leave him there to be destroyed because all the

adopters were taking younger felines. He distrusted humans and especially men who’d forced antibiotics into him during the six months of care, and so I became the frustrated staff to the Cat from Hell. Fortunately my dogs and my two old cats modified his behavior before I required too many stitches from his claws and teeth and I began to learn how to live with a Cat with Attitude.

He hissed at my eight small dogs that looked upon my two older cats as play mates. The only thing in the house that he respected from the start was my nine-pound, elderly female cat Misty. Misty’s rules were simple: I eat first, you wait and take what I don’t want, and you never get anywhere near my human’s bed, and especially the pillow on that bed.

I got tired of watching my little dogs being bullied in their own house. Scolding Simba about his behavior brought no improvement. When he started to push the dogs and my nineteen-year old male cat Sunny out of their favorite chairs and beds, I resorted to water and a spray bottle. Just to prove that you can teach an old cat (and an old woman) new tricks, we gradually modified our behavior to accommodate living under one roof. The little dogs went back to playing and sleeping intertwined with my two nineteen-year old cats and ignoring the Cat with Attitude. Simba gradually got tired of being ignored. He found that if he followed me around like the dogs did, he was not pushed away from the pack.

And suddenly I discovered that he was always sitting on the rug beside my bed whenever I went upstairs for the night.

The light from the bedside lamp made shadows on the rug, and the movement of my hands as I got ready for bed made shadow puppets on the rug. Simba pounced and joyfully pursued the shadows. The little dogs barked at his actions, at first, but gradually came to accept his antics. I was delighted to find that this unhappy waif, this difficult ‘bad guy’, took such pleasure in play.

As the months of our cohabitation stretched into our second year together, I found that he followed me about the house constantly, begging to be petted and acknowledged with no attempts at bullying or aggression. Complaints about hair pulling when I brush him were vocal now. The slashing claws were rarely seen, reserved for the rug on the bedroom floor and the shadow figures that tease him before returning to the safety of the space behind the bed’s dust ruffle.

My big shadow warrior limits his energetic battles to

engagements with silhouettes on the rug, and the rest of the pack has finally allowed him to join them on the bed at night. Misty even consented to sharing her prized pillow with him last week, although the rule about eating still holds.

That leaves me with only one problem. Does anyone know where you can get a bed larger than a California King?

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12th GradeFresh with

dew, the giant blossom

opens its eye to the

awakening sun.

Gradually it rises; at 8 o’clock it welcomes the birds and bees of life

for a visit. At 12 o’clock the flower peaks, the seeds of life are ready to burst. Shortly following is the

hour of 3 o’clock, and the vibrant yellow eye with a black center is

slowly fading. Parts of its life have fallen on the trail for the birds and wind to carry elsewhere. As time progresses, sunflower, your tan

fades, your skin wrinkles and your mighty stalk bends. Piece by piece,

you fall apart.

MorningBy Will Duncanson 12th Grade

The woods are gloomy and dark

As a fully grown gobblerAnnounces to the forest his

waking.The sounds booms and

echoesThrough the ravines and

over knolls.

Now the orange faced sunBegins the long, beautiful climb

to his throne in the sky.The morning birds play their sweet musicTo all who have the privilege of listening.

A massively antlered deer walksTo the top of a high ridge

As he surveys his vast forest kingdom.And here I sit in my tree stand

Watching the beauties of the morning unravel.

Ode to a NapBy Afton Jenkins 12th Grade

Lounging in the sun

Stretched out across the couch

Like a cat in a corner

Or a grandpa snoring in the

reclinerI sleep soundly on

the porchRevitalizing my mind

Rejuvenating my spiritRelaxing my body

Revisiting my dreams

The kingBy Hunter Greenstreet 12th Grade

As I enter into the majestic old forest

With trees looking down like ancient monarchs

The dank, musky smell of the swamps assaults

My nose, the faraway thunder of a turkey gobble

Echoes in my ears

The sound of the pack of dogs comingIs like an approaching freight train

The old king of the forest, with grand hornsHigh on his head, comes running

The acrid smell of gunpowder burns my nostrilsAs I gaze down with pride at the trophy I have

Just capturedJoy, and a respect for his brilliant years spent

Evading hunters, floods me.

By Jordan Brown 12th Grade

She is the sunset

shining bright

As it sinks over the

ocean horizon

And radiates

the beautiful lightOf a thousand fluorescent colors.

She is the smell before rainAnd fresh cut summer grass

The kind of smell that makes your veins

Cut off oxygen to make your head spin.

Her eyes shine like the starsThey have a deep ocean of green

So that you can see them from afarEven in the darkest night.

Her freckles are every placeThat represent where we have been

They are everywhere on her gorgeous face

And we’re sure to make many more.

She is the sweet voice in my dreams

That puts me fast asleepAnd it always seems

When I think about her…

Everything is alright.

By Charles Bowles, IV 12th Grade

Blazing bright day lilies

Basking in the blinding

sunFrying upon

the algae green pond’s surfaceLike green eggs with no ham

Fringed with razor sharp grassEdges like blades

Slitting the necks of the cat tailsUnsuspecting in their brown fuzz

Wafting in the zephyr knolls

Petals of age

alright The Pond

August 2007 �

By Bud Disney

As usual, August in Washington, D.C. is hot and

humid, muggy is a more descriptive word. At 15 years and 10 months old, living in the Georgetown area, news and rumors indicated the war was near the end. A different mood was beginning to show among the people.

Playing baseball for the Georgetown Boy’s Club of Washington, D.C., our games were played on the Ellipse, the large oval area south and at the rear of the White House. Today it is the home of the National Christmas Tree and Peace Pageant.

Then, during the summer there were four full size baseball fields. During the fall there were three football fields. That day our pee-wee baseball team had a game and

more than likely lost as we usually did.

How different it is today. It was not unheard of to retrieve a foul ball or overthrow that went over or under the fence onto the

White House grounds. The ball could pass over the backstop, a couple of hops, hit E Street and skip through or over the fence onto the lawn. And some player would quickly climb the fence and

retrieve the ball and throw it back, grinning all the way. With not much more than normal noises of the city, we completed our game, just another day.

But at some point in time the noise level began to rise. People began to toot their horns; shouting could be heard.

After the game, perhaps walking toward Georgetown or catching the streetcar home, we finally heard what was happening, the war had ended; Japan had surrendered.

The noise level was high and everyone was smiling, shouting and very happy.

The celebration went on into the night, all over the Washington area, across

country and all over the world it was truly a night of celebration.Note in photo of a football team on the Ellipse, the proximity to the White House.

V J DaY~aUGUsT 15, 1945

RuthE Forrest NCMT ©2007

Last month I stated that skin is like a living sponge because any substance put onto it is absorbed into

the bloodstream in seconds. An allergic reaction to antibacterial soap caused me to investigate product safety rules.

The FDA states that a cosmetic can not claim that it penetrates the skin and affects the body, or it must be called a drug. Cosmetic manufacturers are forced to treat your skin like an old leather shoe that can be slathered down and made to appear nicer (but underneath it is still an old piece of dead skin that nothing can penetrate), or go through a lengthy and expensive drug labeling process.

During my research I learned that the FDA does not require a label listing for more than 15,000 chemicals used in the manufacturing and processing of foods. Imported products are

given much leeway in labeling, and products intended for external use only tend to be especially toxic.

The FDA recognizes a substance as being harmful at a specifically defined dosage. The toxicity (lethal dose for half of the test subjects) of a chemical is often determined through research funded by the chemical company desiring to market the substance (and make big profits from selling it to you). Once a product is proven to be dangerous the FDA may ban it to protect consumers, but this process can take years, if it happens at all. By then the offending chemical has harmed unaware human test subjects. The chemical is then permitted to continue to be used in amounts smaller than the stated toxic dosage (even for ingesting!).

The FDA routinely allows chemicals that have been proven harmful to humans to continue to be used in consumer products if they are in the same class of chemicals. Phenolic compounds

(parabens), and coal tar-derived dyes and preservatives are examples. Petrochemicals derived from fuel processing by-products are familiar items on the ingredient lists of both personal care products and foodstuffs. Preservatives can be more dangerous than the bacteria that they are supposed to be protecting us from. Cosmetic preservatives are the nastiest, as these items are required to last for longer periods (years) than consumable products (days).

The FDA allows chemicals that are unsafe to consume to be added to products intended for external use only. It matters not that the tiny bit in your body lotion can remain in your skin long enough to add up to toxic levels when applied repeatedly. Do you think an infinitesimal amount of a chemical can not possibly do any harm? Like a tad of lead in your lipstick? Alternative health experts agree that many of our degenerative diseases are the result of being repeatedly exposed to low levels of

toxic substances over prolonged periods of time.

Does animal testing result in safer products? No, just because 1,000 varieties of animals were murdered to prove the lethal dose of a chemical does not mean that it is safe for humans to use. It may be more lethal to other animals than it is for humans, or vice-versa. Defenders of animal rights site this fact as cause for immediately ceasing all animal studies. Historically they just do not translate to safety on humans.

As consumers we must be our own safety net. Read the ingredient list on items before you buy. Know what the ingredients are, where they come from, and if they are safe to use. For questions or comments RuthE Forrest NCMT can be reached at Rspa2U@wmconnect.com, or by calling Spa2U at (804) 453-5367.

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By Janet Abbott Fast

The place where everybody knows your name comes to mind when you enter For The Occasions (FTO) restaurant in Callao. As I sit waiting for my order, a working

man comes in, heavy work boots, Bermuda length shorts, long white Tee-shirt, cap. First he waves to a group of construction workers at a table, spies a friend, and pulls up a chair to their table to chat. When he’s finished that conversation, he joins the workers at their table for lunch.

In front of FTO, at lunchtime folks will notice a wide variety of vehicles, from the pick-up trucks of the working man to more streamlined, cleaner looking vehicles of local office workers who come in for lunch. These folks are well coiffed, clearly working in air conditioned offices. There are also groups, usually women, perhaps celebrating a birthday or having a

meeting about a class reunion. Folks who drop by to pick up their take-out orders always look around because they don’t want to miss greeting a local friend.

Pat Gingell (sounds like the bell) began the restaurant in Warsaw in July 1993. It was called For the Occasions Cafe’ and Sweet Shop, and was next to the drug store. Initially Pat expected to make sweets and candy, wedding cakes and serve cold sandwiches. But her customers also wanted hot sandwiches. “The public changed the restaurant,” Pat says.

In September of 2003 she opened the second location in Callao, and closed the Warsaw location in 2005. “It was a smart move, we do a fantastic business here,” she says. Pat had no background in the restaurant business, but it is something she always wanted to do. She had made candies and cakes, but in Warsaw she didn’t even have a deep fryer. The Callao location has a fully equipped efficient kitchen. During the day her customers come from Callao, Heathsville, Lottsburg, Kinsale, but in the evening they come from everywhere. On Mondays FTO serves lunch only. They are closed from 3 to 4:30 p.m. before opening for dinner the remainder of the week. Seafood is what most folks want to eat and she buys locally whenever possible.

Pat hails from D.C. and Maryland, is the third of four girls in her family. She met and married a man from the Northern Neck, moved here, they had two girls and later divorced. The restaurant is a family operation; her daughters, Chris Uphold, and Cynthia Gingell both work in the restaurant, as does Chris’ son, Christopher. Chef Burnell Fallin is now her business partner and part owner of the restaurant.

At Christmas season Pat’s mouth-watering homemade chocolates are available and she continues to make wedding cakes. Because she fell and broke her wrist, Pat hasn’t been as active in the restaurant, but had made a commitment to make two wedding cakes one

recent weekend. One of her sisters came from Northern Virginia to help her, and grandson Chris helped with the delivery.

Pat strives to stay ahead of the trend, specials are always different each day, lunch and dinner. “If you stay still too long, you become stale,” Pat tells me. There are 18 sandwich choices,—one friend says FTO has the best Rueben sandwich around—seven appetizers, eight salad plate choices, soup combos, six omelets til’ 3 p.m.,

eight burgers and that’s just for lunch! Dinner, after 4:30, offers four steak choices (Pat tells me Burnell grills perfect steaks), nine seafood options, four chicken dishes, plus specials every lunch and dinner. In the past the desserts were listed on a chalkboard, but the waitresses became too busy. So now on each table is a card with desserts and dessert orders increased. I can personally endorse most of them, as can several of my friends. There’s Hot Fudge Cake, Pecan Mud Slide, Peanuts Galore, Brownie Delight, Occasions Sundae, Key Lime Pie, Apple Dumpling, Coconut Bombay Cake, Bread Pudding and New York Cheesecake.

Pat is proud of her waitstaff. Local students work at the restaurant and she is flexible enough to work around their school, sports and activity schedules. They go off to college, come back, work holidays and summers. She’s

glad she’s been able to be a part of these young people’s lives and been able to help them as much as they help her. Currently working at FTO are Kaylene Taylor, Phyllis Tate, Ashley Mullin, Lisa Roberts, Tracy Stine, Derek Thrift, in addition to her daughters, grandson and partner.

Carry-out is available, FTO accepts all major credit cards, is a member of the Better Business Bureau, is open every day except Sunday, and for reservations, call 804-529.6993. For the Occasions is located on Route 360 in Callao.

If you haven’t been there, once you try the menu you will want to go back again and again. Soon, everybody will know your name too!Top, Chef Burnell Fallin, above, Phyllis Tate, left, drink machines by kitchen door. Photos by Janet Abbott Fast.

Style spotlight~Where everybody knows your name

August 2007 �

By Jean C. Keating & Sherlock Bones

Our favorite book of the month has been around for some years, but the Puffster and I

just discovered it last month. Don Coyote is a wonderfully written and beautifully told tale of one man’s discovery of the glories of nature and the creatures, including himself, who can share in its beauty and bounty if they can learn to live together wisely.

Dayton Hyde uses his wonderful skills as a writer to open a window on the life and contributions of one of nature’s most maligned creatures. Despite fellow Oregonian ranchers’ insistence that coyotes lived to kill sheep and should be shot, poisoned or trapped, Hyde finds he cannot kill a pesky coyote he calls Don Coyote. Instead he studies the animal, befriends two more adults and six coyote pups.

His growing admiration and understanding of the animals lead him to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the workings

of nature. His ranch prospers as does no others, because he strives to live in peace and harmony with nature instead of trying to warp it to his narrow ideas of need. The coyotes that he befriends and shelters on his ranch maintain the balance of wildlife species. They keep the raccoons in check which give the waterfowl a chance to thrive.

The waterfowl keep down the insect population and keep insects around the livestock low. Rancher Hyde understands the need to sustain the coyote during winter and makes certain carrion are available for his coyotes. In turn the coyotes keep the rodent population under control, which translates to greener and

more nourishing grazing lands for Hyde’s livestock.

Instead of talking to stubborn ranchers about the error of their ways in trying to kill off these irresistible imps, Hyde lets his success at ranching with a respect for all of nature’s creatures speak for its self. Success – in the form of fatter livestock and grazing lands capable of sustaining far more heads of livestock than other ranchers -- speak eloquently and more effectively than words of the wisdom of his ways.

The book is an easy read and a delightful one that my little friend and I highly recommend. Hyde’s years of ranching are over now. It’s a hard, demanding life, and he sold his ranch in Oregon in the mid-90’s to move to South Dakota where his Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary provides a home for wild mustangs. Puff and I are delighted to think that he will bring his same keen love of all things wild and his writing skills together and provide us with glimpses of the lives of these fast disappearing horses.

Books in Style~Don coyote by Dayton O. hyde

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By Jane Fahey

My notion of quilting using cast off clothes or ancient remnants has

been abandoned. Quilters are material buyers and hoarders. If it stimulates the senses of sight or touch it becomes a must own—put it in the stash. Stash building is so important. One never knows when one will be in need of that exciting piece of fabric. And, every piece is exciting!

So, I have the tools: cutters, needles, sewing machine(s), thread, and rulers. My stash is growing. Now, what should I make with all of this? There are different kinds of quilts: traditional and contemporary. Each employs different kinds of fabrics and patterns. Besides the kinds of quilts there are different techniques for making quilts: patchwork, appliqué and quilting. Most of us think of patchwork when we hear the word quilt, but often a quilt is a combination of patchwork and appliqué. Where does a new quilter begin?

For a quick tutorial on what’s what a visit to Jeanne Rose is logical. Jeanne, a veteran quilter, is the former owner of the Briar Patch Quilt Shop and now has a

quilt studio in Ocran. She explained the two groups of quilts as traditional and contemporary. Traditional quilts use patterned blocks many of which were designed by pioneers who recycled every scrap of usable fabric. Examples of these patterns are: Rail Fence, Nine Patch, Shoo Fly, Jacob’s Ladder, Ohio Star, Bear’s Paw, Drunkard’s Path, and Log Cabin, just to mention a few. Also in this group would be the Amish quilts, noted for their use of color and plain fabric.

Traditional quilts were hand pieced. Later sewing machines were used as they became

available. The quilter used an existing pattern or created one to make a block. Blocks were saved until there were enough for the size needed before being sewn together or connected using sashing, a strip of fabric

Traditional quilts become contemporary when a traditional pattern is modified. For example, the Log Cabin traditional block has a red, yellow or black center square. The red center square signifies a fire in the hearth while yellow represents a light in the window. After checking several quilting references I still don’t know what the black square signifies. Perhaps the light went out. Rectangular pieces surround the center square with two connecting sides using dark fabrics and the other two connecting sides using light fabric. A log cabin block pattern becomes contemporary by changing the center square color or adjusting the size of the rectangular

pieces, twisting the log cabin.Traditional quilts also use

fabrics associated with a specific time period. There are fabrics associated with the Civil War or the 1930s feed sack fabric that was made into patchwork quilts. The kinds of dyes used help identify fabric periods. The majority of quilts are made of cotton fabric, but some quilts use whatever is at hand at the time.

A very traditional quilt is the Baltimore Album quilt composed of appliqué blocks and associated with the Victorian period of England. The term appliqué refers to fabric that is applied over another fabric. Usually traditional appliqué was of flora and fauna. Art quilts use appliqué extensively.

Let me see if I have this straight. To make a strictly traditional quilt I have to use a traditional pattern and find the material that matches the time period for that pattern. That’s a start, but now for the quilting part.

A quilt is usually composed of three layers, top, batting and backing. Quilting holds the layers together. The three types of traditional quilting are echo, crosshatching and outlining. Echo quilting is repeating the shape of the pattern, outlining is quilting around the edges of the pattern and crosshatching is quilting with a crosshatch design in the free areas of the block. The more

quilting used the longer the quilt will last because the quilting keeps the middle layer from shifting and clumping in one spot and becoming worn. Utility quilting was used when the middle layer was a worn blanket or quilt and large stitches were needed for holding all the thickness together.

Perhaps, a whole cloth quilt would interest me. People who had access to large quantities of fabric, not scraps, usually made these quilts. An intricate design was quilted on top of the fabric. The design could include using the thread to draw flora, fauna and traditional crosshatch quilting. Wow! I don’t think so. Not ready for that.

Contemporary quilting changes a traditional quilt to a contemporary one. Meandering is a form of quilting that allows the quilter to stitch where he/she wants. There is no set pattern, just wander around the open spaces with needle and thread. This can be hand or machine done. Another contemporary form of quilting is using a pattern all over the quilt instead of block by block. Today’s long arm quilting machines can be used to draw hearts, stars, or leaves to mention a few designs drawn over the entire quilt top. Often contrasting threads are used to highlight the quilting.

How about Art quilting? Art quilts are a subset of contemporary quilts where different appliqué

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techniques are used. Some people like to hand appliqué, some use fusible web and stabilizers to hold fabric in place before using machine appliqué. A variety of fabrics are used to achieve the desired affects. Quilting becomes an integral and important enhancement of the art quilt. Art quilts are usually wall hanging size. Embellishments are applied as needed. No pattern applied, no fabric restrictions, free creativity is all you need. Oh, my, more decisions to make.

Besides the information I

received from Jeanne Rose, I had previously visited Margret Talbot, a 30-year quilter. Margret introduced me to a mystery quilt where one makes a quilt using directions on cutting and piecing without prior knowledge of the pattern. Margret’s mystery quilt is called ‘Chains of Hope’. She also shared her hand-pieced and hand quilted Cathedral Windows. Margret is working on a traditional quilt called Grandmother’s Flower Garden that uses the English paper piecing technique. She is doing all this by hand. I am thoroughly impressed and intimidated.

Where to begin? First I decide what size quilt I want to make so I know how much material I need. Next, the pattern dictates how many different fabrics to use. I have decided to make a Queen size Log Cabin quilt. Friend Faye Page’s words of contrast, contrast, contrast, help with the selection. I have chosen a red for the center block and deep greens and cream-colored flannels for the rectangular blocks. What technique do I use? The blocks are machine pieced and sewn together. A border is added around the entire quilt top.

I have sewn three large pieces of fabric together for the back and purchased enough batting needed for the size. I will meander quilt.

I pinned all the layers together before quilting to make sure they don’t shift as I move them around. I have a large surface on which to lay the quilt and guide it through my machine. All done except for the final touch. A binding is sewn around the entire quilt to finish the edges.

There is a great sense of accomplishment felt upon completion of this project. In a small way I have a connection with all those struggling people who crossed the plains and prairies. Snuggling under a quilt I can only imagine how satisfied

they must have felt in using their meager resources for warmth. Each quilt embodies a the effort of the maker. What a treasure to have. I am spurred on to try again.

Jeanne Rose Quilt (far left), Margaret Talbot with two quilts, Penny Mace with her art quilt, Journal Writing and author’s log cabin quilt. Photos by Jane Fahey.

The Old Fashioned QuiltBy Betty Bridgeman

This handmade quilt is a work of art, like the marriage between two friends.The pieces fit, all shapes are found and the colors just seem to blend.

The quilter had a plan in mind and the needle and thread are her friend.And the Master above has a plan for you, if you just let Him help now and then.

There will be times when a knot will appear, a good quilter will work it out.With patience and love the two of you, can discuss how it all came about.

This lovely quilt will cover your bed, but a bed of roses it will not be.But it’s amazing how things will change, when viewed from a bended knee.

Some quilts seem to last forever, more precious as the years go by.But the union between two friends in love, can make the years seem to fly.

It’s more than money and love and friends, tho’ good friends are hard to find.When you say “I do” and walk down the isle, don’t leave the Lord behind.

He guided the quilter’s nimble fingers, through her many daily tasks,And He’ll guide you both through this marriage, but only if you ask.The quilter doesn’t ask for money, her reward will come in the end,

When you hold the quilt with outstretched arms, and wrap it around a friend.

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The blacksmith shop at rice’s hotel/hughlett’s TavernBy Bud Disney

Dan’s dream has become a reality. Will Gwilliam, the tavern architect, and Jack Gregory,

building coordinator visited Williamsburg, Va. for on-site information. Will has design experience in Williamsburg blacksmith shops. With ideas, experience, and examples of colonial forges in mind, a design for Dan’s Forge at Rice’s Hotel/Hughlett’s Tavern emerged.

After much discussion it was decided that the tavern rangers would build the blacksmith shop with exception of the roof and forge chimney. Under the leadership of John Brauer, at the request of the board of directors, the work began in the fall of 2003. John and ten other retired ranger volunteers worked on the project

two days per week over a two-year period until the project was completed in July 2005.

Dan’s Forge became a 25-foot high structure measuring 27 x 56 feet in size. It is made of full dimensional lumber all rough-cut and pressure treated and has a green metal seamed roof. A large bellows was constructed from wood on hand and parts from an old bellows that was beyond repair. The forge, chimney, and floors were made from 250 year old brick that once was sidewalks in Richmond, Va. The windows were handmade by Steve Thorn, one of the ranger volunteers.

The blacksmith shop says much about John Brauer and his fellow workers for their dedication, diligence, and skill. Their interest and dedication in the preservation of a way of life and a desire to educate the public is seen in the finished structure.

Hundreds of tools have been donated to the forge since construction began. The items have come from

interested families

from all parts of the Northern Neck. The Mary Ball Washington Museum has loaned a set of tools and equipment from a farm in North Carolina. Today donations find their way as people remember or discover a piece that belonged to their grandfather or some other relative.

The Heathsville Forge Blacksmith Guild is the official name of the tavern blacksmith shop. The Heathsville Forge Blacksmith Guild has about 50 members and is affiliated with the Artists and Blacksmiths Association of North America. “Dan’s Forge” is the name of the building itself in memory of Dan Purvis.

The blacksmith shop attempts to show a way of life (circa 1800) and educate future generations. It is based on the colonial period 1790 – 1840 and attempts to show the importance of the smith in everyone’s life during that time. Members build items such as tools,

hangers, candle holders, spoons, forks, and wine racks, plus custom work of all description. The custom work is welcomed, and members will be happy to discuss your needs with you. All sales benefit the tavern complex.

The blacksmith shop has a complete “mobile operation” for on-site exhibits, shows and instruction. Call 580-3377 or 435-2142 for information. This trailer allows members to travel to other events and demonstrate their art.

Come join the Blacksmith Guild and learn for yourself. The hours of operation are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

From top left clockwise, building starts to rise, visitors on site, old bricks for walkway, Buzz Burhenn, and Doug Reed work in forge, John Brauer talks to students, building is named.Photos by Bud Disney.

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Their services run the gamut from just ordinary carpet cleaning to cloth furniture cleaning and fabric freshening to drapery cleaning. The service has expanded to heating/air conditioning duct cleaning and recently they cleaned my dryer vent.

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Greetings from Susie’s Gardens! It’s hot! A couple weak cool fronts have come through

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cicadas are “singing.” One more week of this and I will have had all the summer I care for. However, it’s also making squash, tomatoes, and beans, so I shouldn’t complain. I’ve picked a tub of squash; zucchini, yellow straightneck, and a middle eastern light green type (gorget). The small tomatoes started ripening. I have a yellow cherry tomato (not the pear-shaped type) that is over seven feet tall and two small plum (or large grape) tomato plants that are starting to produce.

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(muscadet) has been outstanding too, and also produces a sweet scent. Our large crape myrtles on the south side are beginning to bloom—the deep magenta ones.

We are still seeing fledgling robins, many cardinals, and visiting goldfinches. The goldfinches are in the yard every day feeding on various flowers going to seed. They come with that loping or bobbing flight swinging

and swaying around on the flower stems. The hummingbird shows up occasionally at the feeders and at the monarda. We should start to see them and their young more regularly now that they have

completed nesting. I just cleaned and refreshed my feeders for them. A couple mornings ago I went to get the newspaper and heard a commotion at the south side of the house; mainly robins and cardinals uttering their warning calls.

I started over there and flushed a red-shouldered hawk from the trees at the side of the house. It had something small it is talons; either a small bird or a vole. It is amazing what one can see in your own backyard if you stay alert, listen, and watch. “Many Eyes Look, But Few Eyes See” (Old Chinese Proverb)

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By Holly Harman

It sure is hot out there and summer is definitely in full swing! It’s also a great time to expose yourself and your family to some

Art. The galleries and museums (air-conditioned, of course) are all having summer exhibitions and the summer art festival scene is also at its peak. Go check out some local galleries. There is a lot of great art out there, and yes, drag the kids

out too! Even the reluctant ones will appreciate it once they are out exploring with you, if not now, later down the road.

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you’ve been exposed to it and opened

yourself up to it, you’ll find it holds something very special for you. Take that moment to look, and really see it. It’s like smelling that wonderful essence of rose as you put the petals to your nose and breathe in all that spice.

That fragrance, like a good piece of art, takes you someplace special. It transports your soul to a memory, or a feeling, and the more art see, the more you appreciate it, enjoy it, and are spiritually enriched by it.

In the Art of Coffee’s gallery we have just installed a great show by a talented local artist, Lucie Ogilvie of Kinsale. She’s created a lovely arrangement of soft pastels, small scenes indigenous to the Northern Neck of Virginia and environs. Her chalk pastels and charcoal pencil

originals depict lovely, picturesque places evoking the rural idyll in us all.

Her work will be featured through September 3rd. And along with the featured artist, the gallery always maintains a nice selection of fine pottery, jewelry, sculpture, original watercolors and photography, all hand made and created by local artists. So get out and go see some art! You’ll be glad you did and your kids will thank you for it later.

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By Steve and Chelly Scala

Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay is a rockin’ place for striped bass fishing in August, from the mouth of the Susquehanna River to the

Virginia line. Anglers were pleasantly surprised at the number of keeper rockfish in the 20 to 22 inch range that dominated much of the fishing action from the Patuxent River north to the Chesapeake Bay Bridges.

Some Southern Maryland waters showed an abundance of undersized fish less then the 18 inch minimum which had to be returned. These brood stock fish are a good sign for future fishing years and should be quickly and gently released when caught. In this warmer water month, it is a good practice to move to another fishing area when you start catching lots of sub-legal stripers, to limit the stress on the fish.

Chumming remains popular and if you are catching enough keeper fish, certainly worth the effort. August is a month when we prefer to troll for stripers and this often brings us a larger summertime class of fish in the 22 to 24 inch range. Our favorite trolling rigs for August rockfish action are #2 Clark Spoons in gold or chrome finish fished on 20 to 25 feet of 30 pound leader and a planer. Use #1 planers to keep your lures within the upper water column and #2 planers to keep lures running deeper. We fish the #1 planer rigs far back and outside of the boat wake and the #2 planer rigs closer to

the inboard sides of the boat. This limits the potential for tangles on smaller boats with narrow beams.

One to three ounce bucktails in white, chartreuse or yellow colors are another good option for stripers as long as there aren’t a lot of blues or Spanish mackerel around.

Speaking of bluefish, both Maryland and Virginia have enjoyed a significant number of snapper blues this summer which provide great light tackle action and tasty table fare. Their toothsome

domination of bay and tributary waters this summer are why we are not using any leader less then 30 pound test. Still, you need to regularly check the leader for nicks and cuts and replace it as necessary.

Clarks and other small spoons such as drones or Tony Accettas or Crippled Alewives are good options for bluefish trolling but another are small surgical hose eels. Pick bright fluorescent colors in red, green, yellow or white and troll these with 4 to 6 ounce in line sinkers and 20 feet of 40 pound monofilament leader. Schools of blues or stripers feeding on baitfish will show signs of splashing fish or diving gulls, feeding on the remnants of the finned predator’s meal. Approach this action from the outside and troll around the feeding fish, not through them. That will keep the fish together and feeding longer.

The Virginia side of the Chesapeake Bay offers some great fishing in August with blues, Spanish Mackerel, flounder, croaker, Gray and speckled sea trout, cobia and spadefish. Trolling for mixed schools of mixed blues and mackerel can be some of the fastest actions to experience this summer and

Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay provides plenty of this opportunity. Live lining spot or small bluefish for cobia in the 50 to 70 pound range is even more popular then in previous years of fishing in the Commonwealth.

Cobia have been caught further north in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay then in the past few previous years, and the action at more traditional locations to the South has been the best in years. The miles of marshy islands and tidal backwaters of Virginia provide some great opportunities to fish for speckled trout. Fly fishing, casting or drift fishing live or cut bait are all favorite strategies. Bottom fishing for croaker and gray trout continues throughout August in Virginia waters. Some of the largest croakers in years have been caught during the 2007 season and this month could be a grand finale as these fish begin to stage for leaving the bay for the ocean in the latter part of the month.

Drift fishing along the shallow side of the channel edges with double hook rigs baited with squid, crab or bloodworms will be a popular way to catch croakers this month. Fishing for croaker and spot is a popular family fishing opportunity and this being the last month before the youngsters go back to school, makes it an excellent time to be out on Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries.

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By Emily Pritchard Cary

It’s summer in pre-World War II Virginia and the livin’ is easy and hot as blazes. Where do you go to escape the heat?

Moore’s Lake!The popular swimming hole

right off U.S. Route One between Richmond and Petersburg, was the most refreshing refuge from humidity and sweltering dog days west of Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.

It was a mecca for locals seeking a few hours of blessed relief and a major vacation destination for tourists from throughout the state. Folks were drawn by its enormous sand beach, water slides, the high diving board where giggling girls congregated to watch the boys show off, and the adjacent dance hall that filled the evening air with Big Band melodies.

Everyone entering the bath house received a distinctive pin, later using it to reclaim their clothes after a swim. Today, the

brass pins are cherished by many old-timers who wear them as lapel ornaments.

“Lots of families from as far away as North Carolina came back year after year,“ recalls Tommy Crump, whose parents bought the lake and surrounding cottages after working several years for R.D. Moore, the original owner.

“Folks driving from the north to Florida stopped here overnight going and coming. For the locals, it was the place to be and to be seen.

During the summer, my sister Nancy drove my dad’s Jeep around the lake every hour. I can’t tell you how many romances began at Moore’s Lake. There were even a few marriages as a result.”

When George and Lena Crump took over the business, they added bathrooms to the sturdy brick and stone cottages Moore built in 1929. In time,

the Crumps built more cottages throughout the fragrant woods near the property entrance until they numbered 38. By 1941, they had erected a restaurant and their own brick home on the property.

When the war broke out and Camp Lee in nearby Petersburg

was reactivated (it was renamed Fort Lee in 1950), some of the servicemen stationed there brought their families along and quartered them in cottages at Moore’s Lake. Several of their wives found work as waitresses in the busy restaurant that served three meals every day to cottage guests, local residents, and defense workers commuting to their jobs at nearby military facilities. To defray expenses, the older children of service families living there contributed to the war effort by making themselves useful as busboys and dishwashers.

Moore’s lake, brick cottages, vintage Virginia~Part i

What’s fun, exciting, great entertainment and the feel of a family

reunion all in one? It’s the county fair! The Richmond County Fair is August 21-25 and promises to be all that and more! Few things come to mind when we think of country living before the thoughts of a county fair. Where else can you go and see everyone from the area, some you haven’t seen since the last fair! Company is great, the food is excellent and the exhibits are wonderful. The 19th Richmond County Fair will entertain, inform and inspire you!

Everybody wants to know what’s new! This year we are featuring the Sue Wee Pig Racing. These four legged porcine entertainers will speed around the ring at speeds just this side of greased lightening and inspire you to squeal! They will be joined by racing goats and,

hopefully, racing ducks! Each night five races will be run so there will be plenty of time to pig out and still catch the races.

Bingo will be back hosted by a non-profit local charitable groups. The comfortable chairs will allow for plenty of entertainment for adults while the kids ride the rides.

Once again, Rosedale Attractions will be the carnival provider with more thrilling rides than last year. This quality show provides safe, family entertainment for all ages. Ride specials will allow for families to save money too! carnival operating hours are 6-11 p.m. on Tuesday-Friday and 4-11 p.m. on Saturday. Check the Richmond County Fair website for details on the locations for advance sale tickets for the ride specials.

No fair is complete without lots of exhibits. Both youth and adults will vie for prizes in all sorts of categories from canned goods to

house plants, sewing and knitting, to cakes and more. If you can make it, it can be entered at the fair. Livestock will be on exhibit and shown, pre-entry is required. The Point Award System is a scholarship program sponsored by the fair which allows youth to earn points for participation in the fair which can convert to scholarship opportunities! All youth entering in qualified events and categories will be in the program. See the website for details on qualifications.

This year, we will also host a local contest for the Best Pound Cake. The statewide program is being sponsored by the Va. Egg Council. Each county fair will have a winner that will win prizes locally and qualify for the state contest held in September at the State Fair. The whole cake must be entered, the recipe must accompany the cake and call for at least six large eggs with the entries due at the fair on Wednesday, August 22, by

7 p.m., with the judging to begin at 7:30. So you think you’ve got the best pound cake, step right up and prove it!

Every night there will be free, live entertainment on the stage featuring acts with various types of music. Country music, gospel and even karaoke one night! Come sit on the bale of straw or bring your own lawn chair to enjoy the great tunes and the wonderful company of friends.

So how much does all this great entertainment cost? Parking is only $2 per car and there is no gate fee; admission is free! So you can come enjoy great music, lively entertainment, good company and excellent food. It must be the county fair and you must be there! For details about all the activities and contests, see the official website at www.richmondcountyfair.com.

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By Florence J. Muse

What is an original anymore? You may be in New York

City at an auction holding up an original Rembrandt painting as the auctioneer listens for the bids or it might be a bottle of original Palmolive® dish washing liquid. Have you been through this new hassle of finding an original anymore?

For example, recently I was in the Dollar Store looking for a bottle of All detergent and I could not find an original. In despair, I asked the gentleman standing near me if he would help me find a bottle of original All®. Finally, he found one bottle on a bottom shelf. Perhaps it has been the wonderful soap that came out many years ago which went by the simple slogan, “Ninety-nine and one hundred percent pure. It floats.” Of course I am speaking of Ivory®. But have you noticed that you have to check your glasses because you were not seeing white before you, you were seeing “green.”

Take another example. I am not allowed to take any Tylenol® that is not regular strength. Have you by any chance tried to find an original bottle of Tylenol® lately? There was one bottle in a recent drug store I tried and it is now on my kitchen table. I’m a generous person, but please don’t cause my conscience to hurt by asking me for one.

Because I am an original, one of my dear doctors whom I had for 37 years used to tell me that the most important thing he had to treat about me was my conscience. You do know that having a conscience is getting to be old-fashioned these days, didn’t you?

Back to the original. When was the last time you needed caulking cotton? I live in an original home that has been re-modeled with additions. However, when wintertime is coming the original part must have caulking cotton put in the doors and windows. Don’t tell me about weather stripping, it does not work. Go into a hardware store and ask for caulking cotton and you won’t find any. Isn’t it a blessing that when Willis Lemoine Harding was born, I was near-by to help love and nurture him? Today “Breezy” gives me caulking cotton from his railway. As a result, I can still pay the kerosene bill for my monitored heating system. I am at my wits end considering deodorant as I am allergic to all the many scents and cannot find a bottle that has original on it. Perhaps, I’ll have to go back to soda. You know, Arm and Hammer® baking soda. Better buy a few boxes, as the original may be leaving the scene any day.

These are all about things that are non-living. As I was teaching one of my precious kindergarten students a few weeks ago, we were reading a book about farming and looking at the pictures that showed

a cow being milked by modern machinery. With his inquiring eyes, mind and heart he looked at me and said, “Ms. Muse, who put the milk in the cow?” The next 45 minutes was the most inspiring of my 58 year teaching career. I spoke of the original as I explained this to the little boy.

There is one thing I know, I am an original. Even my medical team agrees on that. A few months ago, a very close friend sent me a card I still treasure. It says, “One seed can start a garden, one smile can lift a spirit. One candle can light a room, one conversation can start a friendship. One step can begin a journey, one heart can love many. One person can make all the difference; that one is you.” I keep it on my window sill to remind me why my family never understood me, but I have added another card to it.

A “one of a kind” cousin sent me a birthday card that says, “You are one of a kind. Our world is filled with wonderful people, but there’s not another person in the entire universe who’s exactly like you. You’re one of a kind and that makes you so special.” Needless to say, I put it beside the other card.

In Ashville, NC there is a large country store where they used to sell originals and I got their catalog years ago. Being curious I called Ashville the other day, but the store was no longer there. Let me know if you hear of a county store where they sell originals like Pine

Tar shampoo.A close friend loaned me a copy

of a 1923 Sears Roebuck® catalog. It was referred to as “Thrift Book of a Nation.” Adorable children’s dresses were less than a dollar and the finest of ladies attire ranged between three to nine dollars. I’d like to quote the last paragraph of the introduction.

“Sears’ customers had good reasons to be faithful from the very beginning. Richard Sears had insisted that his merchandise represent good value, and this policy had not changed after his retirement in 1908. Add the convenience of ordering your necessities from a single reliable source while sitting in your own parlor, and it is understandable why Sears should prosper. Where else could one go for fenders for his Model T or a tent or a garage to keep it in? Or make a selection from two whole pages of hot water bottles or buy bathing suits or concrete mixers.”

I wonder how many of you knew that the lovely two story home where the Bruce Masseys lived at Hague was ordered from Sears. I think a copy of this catalog should be on the required reading list of every high school history class in America. Something “original” that is true.

By the way, did you see the robins running on your lawn this morning getting their breakfast worms? Original.

river Viewpoint~When is “Original” not?

cooking with Style! By Betty B.

Since this is summer and squash is plentiful, let’s give the Squash Supreme recipe a challenge

with this Baked Zucchini Casserole Peel and chop one medium zucchini squashSteam for a few minutes until tender.Saute together:

1/2 stick margarine1 large onion, chopped1 large green pepper, choppedSalt and pepper to tasteWhen done, pour over zucchini in baking dish.Sprinkle top with:1/2 cup of Italian bread crumbs1/2 C grated sharp cheese.Bake 45 minutes in a 350 degree oven.No dinner is complete without dessert, right? This one is quick,

easy and above all, delicious. When my three sons were in Boy Scouts (all three of whom are now Eagle Scouts), their Scoutmaster was a young single man and it seemed every time I would prepare this pie for dinner, Mr. Brown would stop by and, of course, he would be invited to eat with us. It happened so often, whenever I would make this pie, the kids would ask if Mr. Brown was coming to dinner.

Dream Whip DishPrepare a graham cracker pie crust or purchase one. Prepare Dream Whip as stated on the box, both envelopes. Add: 1 - 8 oz. block of cream cheese, softened1 cup of confectioners (10X) sugar1 teaspoon vanilla flavoringPour into pie crust and let chill.When ready to serve, open a can of pie filling (strawberry, cherry, pineapple, blueberry, whatever) and pour on top.

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