Oh, the Strange Little Hedgeapple! Can you eat it? Does it smell? Is it poisonous? What is the darn thing?

“The quality of leadership, more than any other single factor, determines the success or failure of an organization.” — Fred Fiedler & Martin Chemers Improving Leadership Effectiveness.

While searching in the hinterlands of Culpeper and Rappahannock Counties for a couple of cemeteries and a 19th century home stead belonging to a specific family, I met a very special older African-American woman.

There are moments in Timothy Douglas’s gaudy “Much Ado…” that seem to form-fit the themes of the play, almost by accident.

One of the best ways to increase sales for your business is to find new customers.

Throughout history, haters have always tried to drag down great artists and thinkers; what they did to the King of Pop is the most ugly of this kind of envy.

Regardless of which candidates were celebrating on Tuesday night, it is a grand state of affairs, that “we, the people” get to choose.

Ten plays to check out this month

“Consumable Tourism” is a term that I coined after a meeting in Sperryville with representatives of the Virginia Tourism Corporation in February.

There were a multitude of reasons why I chose to take a mini vacation to West Virginia, not the least of which was to learn a bit more about Thomas J. Jackson, 1824-63.

Jobs? Jobs? Jobs? It was the first question posed to the candidates at the Board of Supervisors Forum during the Fall Culpeper Chamber of Commerce Breakfast held on Friday at the Country Club of Culpeper.

Often while driving west with the magnificent Blue Ridge Mountains looming before me, I ponder the thoughts of travelers from another time, as they, too, wondered what lay on the other side.

In the early 1700s Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood encouraged immigration to Virginia by advertising in Germany for miners to move to Virginia to establish a mining industry in the colony, according to Wikipedia. The result was the Germanna Colony and the pretext for the name of Germanna Community College.

Arthurian Legend will take 128 steps into Culpeper Nov. 12 at the Germanna’s Daniel Technology Center.

The irresistable story lives on at Live Arts’ downstage theatre

Travelers on U.S. 522 are slowing to a crawl as they pass through Winston. Why? I’m told they are intrigued by the lovely stone church that stands magnificently at the edge of the road.

Prequel by best-selling Culpeper author available today

The Power of Partnership was evident last week on several fronts.

With the onset of fall and winter and the curtailment of outdoor activities, I have once again turned my attention to wading through decades of family clutter.

For many, the garden winds down in the fall, but there are any number of chores you can do now for a better garden next year.

Agribusiness in Virginia is a $79 Billion Industry

In continuing the research about the women of Culpeper, I wondered if perhaps I should write of the women of national fame?

People feel strongly about animals under their care, be they livestock in the case of horses and cattle or household pets.

Somewhere between a tail hook and a catapult are the lessons of a lifetime.

I continued to study the vast numbers of women who called Culpeper home, were committed to improving the quality of life in their own community and in many respects became an inspiration to others.

The quest for the story of baseball great, “Pete” Hill and his Rapidan roots continues, but it is no cake walk.

Warm-season grasses were growing naturally across Virginia at the time the first settlers arrived and you can still find these native grasses today along roadsides and in isolated, unmanaged open spaces.

Hot dogs, lemonade, apple pie, vanilla ice cream, children laughing, and Labor Day make some of the best memories.

Mount Pony set to show Buster Keaton film Sept. 12

Everything slows down by the end of summer; even theatres (and their devoted critics) need a break once in awhile.