If you live in Prince William County, and you don’t know who your candidates are for this year’s November election of state, county, and local officials, the PW Committee of 100 Political Forum Series is one great way to see your candidates square off against their opponents in a debate forum. The series runs from […]
Wow, three absolutely gorgeous days in a row here in Virginia. 68 – 86 degrees, low humidity, light breezes, cloudless skies, and all on a long weekend! Even better, we spent them with La Belle Compagnie friends, recruits, and members at our Summer Gathering and then visiting the Sackler Gallery of Art to see the […]
So I am standing outside Merrifield Garden Center today, loading my latest garden plant purchases into the car when a lemon yellow Lamborghini Countach 5000S pulls up, parks diagonally across two handicapped spaces, and the driver jumps out and heads into Merrifield. I was joking with a friend I ran into in the parking lot […]
Finally found a pool service company that understands we want to swim in the pool this year, and I am very happy with Pool Boys. La Belle folks swam in cloudy water on Saturday (which was the first swimming we’ve been able to do this year), and Sunday the pool cleared up enough to see […]
While I am not feeling very positive about our nation lately, I can at least celebrate being independent minded and having the freedom to express myself how I like. I went to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in DC with my partner, , and enjoyed the heat, crowd, cultural exchange, and like-minded people. I was annoyed […]
Well, in preparation for Erci’s new Fireside loom, which we plan to put in the family room, we’ve “right sized” our furniture by getting rid of the big red sofa and (eventually) the love seat and rocker, replacing them with a love seat and a chair. The new furniture, freshly new from La-Z-Boy, is much […]
I just realized how long it has been since I posted anything, and I am a bit shocked. Life has been very good, but very, very busy. My awesome boss has been on vacation for almost two weeks and in her absence she asked me to try to fill her role as much as possible, […]
Yippee! Bruce Roemmelt (Firefighter, educator, veteran, 2005 candidate) is running for Virginia House of Delegates for the 13th district again. As many of you know, I am very proud to have worked in Bruce’s 2005 campaign to unseat Delegate Robert Marshall (who is way too concerned with what goes on in my private life for […]
Erci and I like wine. We like wine from several places, but we are particularly fond of wines from Bonny Doon Vineyard in the mountains over Santa Cruz, California. We like Bonnie Doon wines so much that we tried to join DEWN (their wine of the month club) way back when it was illegal to […]
I love having our home filled with happy friendly people. We had another fabulous La Belle Compagnie meeting/workshop/gathering at our place and continued making progress on preparations for the spring reenactor show season. We’ll be going to Military Through the Ages (March 17-18, Jamestown, VA), and to Marching Through Time again (April 14-15, Marietta Manor […]
