Tag Archives: Fredericksburg

Back off, Fredericksburg

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Will

I clicked on this Free Lance-Star article about Erin Hamlin, the American who just won the bronze in luge in Sochi, expecting to find a feel-good human-interest story about a local athlete made good.  Which is exactly what I found. … Continue reading →

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In Which I Enjoyed City Bureaucracy

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Will

This evening Brian and I attended the monthly meeting of the City if Fredericksburg’s Architectural Review Board. We had a proposal before the board, seeking their approval to replace the entry door and add some signage to Skin+Touch Therapy‘s new … Continue reading →

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Just another Sunday afternoon in Fredericksburg

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Will

Yesterday I got to spend the afternoon reading and writing at Hyperion Espresso, Fredericksburg’s main coffeeshop. It was a real treat, because life has been so busy recently that I haven’t had time to sit and think and absorb the … Continue reading →

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Midcentury Love

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Will

I have often argued that the square, blocky buildings of the 1940s-1970s that dominate American cityscapes don’t deserve all the hate that they get. A lot of them have very nice proportions, and I find their minimal adornment preferable to … Continue reading →

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Christmas Approaches in Virginia

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Will

I can’t help it, I get sentimental around Christmastime. Too much early 20th century British literature as a child, I suppose. I get a contact high from nostalgia. Anyway, out friends Andy and Eric gave us this Christmas cactus last … Continue reading →

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Columns-n-a-Crate

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Will

Get your Greek Revival here! Whole columns, crated and ready for installation. Buy in bulk and save! Enough to cover every church in Virginia and banquet hall in Astoria.

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Creature of Habit

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Will

I drove to campus this morning because the car needed some love, and yet again, I forgot about it and walked home. Brian and Mabel and I had to head back up the hill to retrieve it this evening.

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Places I Have Lived, in 1941

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Will

Yesterday Kevin sent me a great site put together by Yale that has made available 170,000 photos taken by the Farm Security Administration between 1935 and 1943 to document the last years of the Depression and the early years of World … Continue reading →

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