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It's Rockbridge County FAIR Time!

In rural counties across the country, the county fair season has started. Those of us living in rural communities communities look forward to Fair. It's a time for friends, a time for a little friendly competition - everything from tractor pulls to

Those were the days

For about 14 years we went to the International Fancy Food Show. Most of those were as the founder of Cooks & Connoisseurs but a couple were as a Food Broker representing about 30 companies. Those were indeed the days. Image the entire Jacob Javits
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I've been meme'd

My friend Jermey Hart decided to pass along a meme - http://nrvliving.typepad.com/nrvliving/2008/05/pass-it-on.html . What's meme you ask? A website version of a chain letter describes it pretty well. Its also a chance for us to get to know each other
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Fire on the Mountain - St Mary's Wilderness Fire

On Tuesday evening I noticed smoke on the mountains to the north of us - forest fire! As the week progressed the fire rapidly spread from one ridge to the next rapidly growing from a few hundred acres to over 4500 acres of the St Mary's Wilderness.

"It's a warm & friendly community"

We live next door to a church. Great neighbors - only home 3 times a week: Sunday morning, Sunday evening & Wednesday night with the occasionally a Saturday wedding or evening softball game. You get the picture. Recently a new pastor took resisdence

How I rang out the old year....

My last post was about why I rang OUT the old year - this one is how I rang it out ... well and a bit more about why... My good friend G.had a bad year too - her competetion horse suffered an injury a few weeks before I got hurt. The cut was the result
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Why I rang out the old year...

I was more than ready for 2007 to be a distant past memory... not too fond of a memory at that. As I reflected on the years events I re-read some emails I sent out in early April after what I refer to as "My Big Ouch". The following are a few
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What a night!

What a night! I’d planned on a quiet evening uploading new horse property listing. Instead… As I came in the door – Bill said “you might want to check on Willy, he did not exactly dive into his dinner”. Now folks –
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More Musings from the Montpelier Hunt Races

I had hoped to write this yesterday but I got carried away with editing the photos! Make sure to see the Slide Show Saturday Morning - early Its a beautiful drive to Montpelier. The sun is just up, there's a heavy frost & a soft misty like fog

A day a Montpelier Hunt Races

As I mentioned on Friday, I had the great pleasure of being a "Tailgate Judge" at the Annual Montpelier Hunt Races on Saturday. It was a PICTURE Perfect Day! Enjoy my slide show....

The next few weeks at the Virginia Horse Center

The next couple of weekends are 2 of my favorites at the Virginia Horse Center ... October 25 - 28: Great American Insurance Group/United States Dressage Association Region 1 Championships & Virginia Dressage Association Fall Competition Amateur and

I WON!

Recently there was a contest – a Blogging** contest at the VAR Convention 2007. Quote from var2007.com Congratulations are in order! Two commenting VAR members were drawn randomly from the 50+ VAR Convention & Expo 2007 blog comments received