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Rod Vanderhoof

Tue, 10/18/2005 - 11:29
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Rod Vanderhoof has led a life full of exciting, varied experiences - first in his family to go to college, service in the Air Force, 20 years as a stockbroker on K Street in Washington D.C. - but has only recently become an author with the publication of his first novel, Cry of the Shidepoke.

Give Romance a Try, and Start With Millie Criswell

Tue, 08/02/2005 - 11:03
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Are you one of those people who think that romance novels probably don't have much plot or character development? Yeah, I was one of those people too. That is, until I read Millie Criswell's The Trouble With Mary. This book changed my mind about the romance genre, and I'm not easily swayed in my convictions.

Linda Salisbury

Fri, 07/29/2005 - 11:28
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Linda Salisbury loves a good adventure. Whether she's playing the cello with the Rappahannock Pops or taking in the leisurely beauty of Lake Anna and going on many a boat ride with her husband up and down Contrary Creek, this Mineral resident has never been one to let life pass her by. But even more than the lure of water and music, Linda Salisbury has always found herself struck by words and books.

Mary Triola

Fri, 07/29/2005 - 11:26
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Mary Triola has never settled for the mundane. As a child, her family would skip over trips to Disney World and the beach in favor of tents, roasted marshmallows, and exploring the majority of the continental United States through national parks and firelight. And it was over the flicker of many a campfire where Mary was first struck with the love of storytelling and writing as she and her four siblings would listen to their father recount stories and paint images with his words.

Donna Lee Davis

Fri, 07/15/2005 - 11:24
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I remember a candle
bright on the table
flaming between us,
white font of wax tears.
I remember your hand
seeking mine on the table;
a spoon tracing lives
on the cloth, charting years.

Strange how a roomful of
memories can dwindle:
two embers remain from
incendiary night.
Even now, our design dust
of dream, past redeeming,
I remember the love:
I remember the light.

Dr. Edward Alvey, Jr.: The Dean Who Lived and Chronicled a Century

Fri, 09/03/2004 - 11:21 | Barbara Crookshanks
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When Dr. Edward Alvey, Jr., died at the age of 97 on July 11, 1999, generations of Mary Washington College students remembered him as their beloved Dean.

They -- and generations of Fredericksburgers -- also remembered him as a writer and historian who illuminated the life and times of our area.

A Glimpse Into the Past: Jane Howison Beale

Mon, 08/30/2004 - 11:19
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In a town as historic as Fredericksburg, we have preserved many historic sites as testaments to our past. But perhaps even more valuable as historical gems are the accounts of those people who were eyewitnesses to history in the making. The Journal of Jane Howison Beale is one of these. Beale paints a fascinating but realistic picture of the life and times in Fredericksburg leading up to and during the Civil War.

Fragments of Experience: Sandra Lynn Manigault

Mon, 08/30/2004 - 11:10
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Sandra Lynn Manigault is a mother, wife, artist, dance enthusiast, and math teacher.

Horror -- Examining the Human By Exploring the Monster: Everett L. Winrow

Mon, 08/30/2004 - 11:08
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Everett L. Winrow lives in Fredericksburg and teaches computer skills to 8-12 year-old special education students in Washington, D.C. His hobbies are painting and watching old silent films. Sure, he sounds normal enough. But wait until you catch him on the night of a full moon.

Begin With What You Know: Charles Dudley Digges, Jr.

Tue, 08/17/2004 - 11:06
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They say, "Write what you know." Charles Dudley Digges, Jr., knows about the lives of the mountain men in the 1840s (he'd participated in re-enactments for years) and had an interest in this time period, and particularly the variety of lifestyles the time offered to the common man. It was the era of the gold rush, mining, and the mountain man. His interest in the time period grew, and a story began to develop in his mind.