[If it’s August,
it must be time for my
annual pilgrimage to my Virginia homeland with my boys—and my annual
series AmericanStudying the Old
Dominion. That has led up to this special weekend post on the people who
really signify “Virginia” to me!]
A handful of past
posts that help define my Virginia.
1)
Public
teachers: My whole life in Charlottesville was spent in the city’s public
schools, and I wouldn’t change a thing about those experiences. The folks on
whom that post folks are the main reason why!
2)
Camp
Virginia: I think that post says it all!
3)
Friends: As I wrote in this
post expressing thanks for Facebook (seriously!), I graduated high school
with a truly exceptional group of peers. They, and especially my
lifelong best friend Steve, are hugely constitutive of my Virginia, now as
then.
4)
My sister and her family: From her Martha’s
Vineyard wedding to her newborn (well, 9 month old, but who’s counting?!) twins,
my sister and her growing family have played a prominent role in this space—just
as they did in every one of my Virginia years after she joined our own growing
family way back in 1982.
5)
The
Railtons: Some of the Railtons highlighted in that tribute post have lived
for more than four decades in Virginia; others have only visited, brought there
by yours truly. But they’re all part of what home means to me, and so is the Old
Dominion for sure. Virginia is for Railtons!
Next series
starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Virginia
connections (or meaningful people) you’d share?
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