by Reed Johnson, Williamsburg, VA “You first” A lazy summer afternoon somewhere in the late 1970s. We had finished milking cows. Ralph Lee Harris (RL) and I had ten dollars between us, and as was the ordinary afternoon growing up in Appomattox, VA, near the James...
by David Moser, Lynchburg, VA From the 50’s-early 70’s family spent many of weekends above Reusens Dam skiing/swimming. stock...
by Holli Coats, Chesterfield, VA Story prompt: Write your own river story… Sailing across the James to Richmond, by Caroline Coats, age...
by John Bragg, New Kent, VA Story prompt: Write your own river story… Charles City is basically a peninsula surrounded on three sides by either the James River to the South or it’s tributary, the Chickahominy to the North and East. The county has a long and rich...
by Alice Ellis, Glen Allen, VA Story prompt: Write your own river story… Being by the river puts all the small daily tensions and problems in perspective. It is a reminder that our world is shaped by mighty forces so much stronger than we are. Yet the beauty of the...
by Lisa Lezell Levine, Richmond, VA Story prompt: Write your own river story… I love painting on our river. As seasons change so do my images. I gain my inspiration from the river and complete them in my studio. Our “river” quietly offers the creative...
