BabyLand: Where Dreams Come True

Babyland General Hospital, AKA the birth place (literally) of the Cabbage Patch Kids, is the stuff that dreams are made of...if your dreams are seriously freaky/hilarious. BabyLand is where you can witness a teenage boy deliver a baby doll from "Mother Cabbage." True story. As true as Goats On A Roof, a literal general store in Georgia where goats, like, live on a roof. Just one of the magical things you can see on your way to BabyLand.Georgia is...

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Of Mountains, Rags, Birthdays, and Easter

It's Final's Week here in Buena Vista and to celebrate, I had my students over for their final exam (which, for creative writing classes, means a class party!). My students gave wonderful readings of their essays and we stuffed ourselves silly. Here are the remnants--and what basically became my afternoon tea.Which turned into an afternoon drive (Final's Week = No class = Mini vacation!) down our favorite stretch of road in these parts, the glorious...

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Summer Reading?

There has been a depressing lack of reading in my life since I finished the ol' thesis (defended April 1 and final deposited yesterday...why oh why did it take me three weeks to rid myself of the beast???) and I am desperate for new reading material. But I stumbled across the following quote and wondered if I should simply revisit old favorites.An unliterary man may be defined as one who reads books once only.I can’t imagine a man really enjoying...

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Spelunking 101

A word to the wise: When you see a billboard for the "World's Only Organ [as in music, not body parts] Cave", you pull over. Which is how Warren and I found ourselves at the Shenandoah Valley's pride and joy: The Luray Caverns. Friends, this is a cave system so fabulous that Mr. Rogers himself featured the wonder on his hit television show (at 1:43 you can see the man play the stalacpipe organ!)Anyway, we knew we were in for a treat when we pulled...

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It's Been Real, BV

So in case you haven't heard, Warren got a sweet professor gig up in Michigan! That's right, folks, he's academically employed...every PhD's dream. Anyway, we'll be moving from homey Southern Virginia to Detroit Rock City! (Well, Dearborn. But pretty close.)Since we're about to leave, it's high time that I show you the goings on in these parts. For instance, where we've been living (rent-free...holla!) for the past school year:Our charming abode....

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