New Market, Virginia Roadtrip
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 Posted in Travel | No Comments »I travelled to New Market, Virginia yesterday and watched Virginia Military Institute's freshman class (aka "Rats") recreate the Battle of New Market. In May of 1864 VMI students fought and died in the Civil War's Battle of New Market and ...
A Visit to Alexandria, Virginia
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 Posted in Travel | No Comments »Saturday I braved weekend/vacation traffic on I-95 and drove up to Old Town Alexandria. Back in the day, I lived in Alexandria and my next two books Senseless (January 2011) and Merciless (February 2011) are set in the old port ...
A Sunday Walk–Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, VA)
Monday, April 26th, 2010 Posted in Travel | No Comments »The rains didn't arrive as predicted yesterday so Buddy, Bella and I decided to mix it up and take a walk through Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery. Its a large, sprawling cemetery that overlooks the city of Richmond and the James River. ...
A Saturday Drive
Saturday, March 6th, 2010 Posted in Travel | No Comments »Today felt like the first sunny day in months. It was so beautiful I had to stop on my way home to snap these photos from the overlook on Afton Mountain (on I-64 East).
Mad Anthony Writers Conference
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Conferences, Research, Travel, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »I traveled to Hamilton, Ohio (40 miles north of Cincinnati) for the Mad Anthony Writers conference. The event featured a Writers Police Academy on Friday which included trips to the county morgue, tours of the police station and a canine demonstration. ...
An Outer Banks Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Recipes, Travel | 5 Comments »[caption id="attachment_155" align="alignnone" width="225" caption="Buddy loves sitting in the driver's seat."] [/caption] The Outer Banks of North Carolina. Just returned from the Outer Banks of North Carolina where Buddy, Bella and I celebrated Thanksgiving with my aunts, uncles and ...
Richmond Marathon
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Travel, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Saturday morning Buddy, Bella and I headed downtown to cheer on the racers in the Sun Trust Richmond Marathon. Our first stop was the Mile 5 marker on Grove Avenue and our second stop was Mile 20 on the North ...
Book ‘em–Waynesboro, VA
Monday, October 20th, 2008 Posted in Booksignings, Travel | No Comments »Buy a Book, Stop a Crook! is the motto for Book ‘em an annual book fair sponsored by the Waynesboro Police Department. The program, now in its fifth year, raises money to illiteracy and crime. The event featured dozens of ...
