by Janet Eddy, Ashland, VA Story prompt: Write your own river story… The alarm woke me at 6am. I ate, jumped into sweatpants and a long sleeve shirt, grabbed a hat and coffee. It was an overcast, warm September Saturday 7 years ago. As a boatless individual who...
by Carol Nitz, Henrico, VA Story prompt: Write your own story! Most every weekday morning and evening I have an elevated encounter with the James River. As my car crosses the river on the World War II Memorial bridge, I am never sure what scenery lies ahead. In the...
by Michael Vanatta, Claremont, VA Story prompt: Write your own story! I grew up on the James about eight miles upriver and across the river from Jamestown. There were many wonderful years of swimming, waterskiing and doing the many things young boys do in the...
by Sandra White, Charles City, VA Story prompt: Write your own story! I recently published a book, a memoir with stories created on the banks of the James River. I planted seeds with my prayers on the banks of the James River in the patch of dirt I named ‘The...
by Liza Newell, Richmond, VA Story prompt: Write your own story! when springtime comes to Richmond we wake uplike early morning birdsbinoculars and coffee in hand we set outin anticipationof a misty morning river with new life teeming the herons have returned to...
