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Breast On Virginia Seal Covered Up
As a resident of Virginia, I am disgusted and embarrassed by Cuccinelli’s behavior. I should have contacted his office before now; I will be doing so on Monday.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Colonial Williamsburg’s gardens
Johnny Jump-Ups
Taken in Colonial WIlliamsburg’s heritage garden.
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Roanoke Colony
For Larry, since we had a lovely discussion in the car, in which neither of us could remember the state of the abandoned “Lost Colony”—were the dwellings disheveled, or did they appear normal, as if their occupants had simply vanished?
The settlers landed on Roanoke Island on July 22 1587. On 18 August, White’s daughter delivered the first English child born in the Americas: Virginia Dare. Before her birth, White reestablished relations with the neighboring Croatans and tried to reestablish relations with the tribes that Ralph Lane had attacked a year previously. The aggrieved tribes refused to meet with the new colonists. Shortly thereafter, George Howe was killed by natives while searching for crabs alone in Albemarle Sound. Knowing what had happened during Ralph Lane’s tenure in the area and fearing for their lives, the colonists convinced Governor White to return to England to explain the colony’s situation and ask for help. There were approximately 116 colonists—115 men and women who made the trans-Atlantic passage and a newborn baby, Virginia Dare, when White returned to England….
White landed on 18 August 1590, on his granddaughter’s third birthday, but found the settlement deserted. He organized a search, but his men could not find any trace of the colonists. Some ninety men, seventeen women, and eleven children had disappeared; there was no sign of a struggle or battle of any kind. The only clue was the word “Croatoan” carved into a post of the fort and “Cro” carved into a nearby tree. In addition, there were two skeletons buried. All the houses and fortifications were dismantled. Before the colony disappeared, White established that if anything happened to them they would carve a maltese cross on a tree near their location indicating that their disappearance could have been forced. White took this to mean that they had moved to Croatoan Island, but he was unable to conduct a search; a massive storm was brewing and his men refused to go any further. The next day, White stood on the deck of his ship and watched, helplessly, as they left Roanoke Island.
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I want to see Jamie and Adam foam!
A Snopes-debunked urban legend:
The contents of a few cans of frozen shaving cream will, when thawed, expand to fill an automobile.
Please, Mythbusters. Play with this one. I’m going to send it in as an official suggestion. 
Unrelated Mythbusters note: My favorite builder, Scottie Chapman, is from Virginia Beach. Virginia chick! I had no idea. I really miss her presence on the show. 
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Twittering on 2008-04-02
- Flickr: Mount Trashmore Park, Virginia Beach, Virginia http://tinyurl.com/37dmtl #
- Flickr: Flying a kite at the park http://tinyurl.com/32k5xy #
- Flickr: Mount Trashmore lake panorama http://tinyurl.com/2pkbra #
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Twittering on 2008-03-26
- Flickr: Mount Trashmore, Virginia Beach, VA http://tinyurl.com/2q8mgl #
- Flickr: Mount Trashmore, Virginia Beach, VA http://tinyurl.com/37dhj4 #
- Received Evernote beta invite. Looking forward to playing around with it. http://evernote.com/about/beta #
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Nelson and Amherst Counties, Virginia
These two counties will soon be our home/stomping ground. Larry’s mom, Margaret, lives on Little Piney Mountain. It’s an isolated location (her nearest neighbor is a usually-empty vacation cabin), which is its grace, and its problem, since she is aging. We love it there, we love her. Therefore, we’re moving. We should be the mountain’s two newest residents by spring’s end.
To maintain her privacy and independence—and ours—she’s designed and is building an addition to her house. The original house was designed and built twenty years ago by both she and Larry’s dad, Bob. The addition will keep her favorite parts of the original, improve upon the original’s details, and be only one story. The two-story original structure will be our home, and we’ll be connected to Margaret’s wing by way of a bookshelf-and-windowseat-lined passage.
Flickr photo albums:
- Virginia: Nelson & Amherst Counties
- Virginia: Piney River, Piney Mountain
- Virginia, Schuyler: Walton’s Mountain
(Flickr collection: Virginia)
Nelson County
Amherst County
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