Democrat Gov. Tim Kaine, searching for budget cuts, suggested closing Staunton's Commonwealth Center for Children and Adolescents as part of his budget cuts, hoping to save $6 million ... but at the loss of 100 jobs in the Central Shenandoah Valley, an area that has been hit hard by recent job layof...

All this week on The Weather Channel ... "Why I Love Winter." Check out Jeff Mielcarz's blog which asks, "Do you love winter?" ... or see the 10 places to beat the winter blues and the ski resorts with the most snow. For a thrill, watch the video as you Ski with the pros at Beaver Creek. It would be...

I knew where I'd surely find the great inauguration party: in that glorious Victorian cupcake of a ballroom where partygoers celebrated Abraham Lincoln's second swearing-in, up on the third floor of what is now the Smithsonian's American Art Museum. This year it was called the "Lincoln 2.0 Ball."...

SWAC Niece and I stopped by Afton Mountain to take in the view and, while there, she "ice skated" on a frozen puddle. The wind was frigid as I snapped some photos of her and the surrounding area ... she was having a ball on her own personal skating rink. It reminded me of doing the same thing many y...

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended July 13, 2008....

HINTON, Va. -- Every morning, 26,000 white tom turkeys arrive at the Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative plant in the Shenandoah Valley, where they are killed, gutted, cleaned, chilled, cut up and prepared for shipment by the end of the day. The work is hard and cold and messy, and few local res......

Luray Caverns #1 an Evil Digital Film produced by Force Majeure Film Studios (a Holy owned subsidiary of Black Cat Bone Global Media Empire) written, directed and edited by The Right Reverend Jams W. Bailey --- Now Playing @ Black Cat Bone Theatre! Filmed on location at Luray Caverns in Luray, Virgi...

Entrance to Milmont Nursery Every year I drive to Milmont Nursery in Stuarts Draft to purchase annuals for window boxes, hanging baskets, and terra cotta pots. The plants from Milmont, a Mennonite-owned and operated business, are in excellent shape and I have never had any problems with anything eve...

The garden is tilled, potatoes have been planted, jonquils are blooming, and the peach trees are in full bloom The yard is a riot of color with spring trees and flowers in stark contrast to the winter woods on the ridge behind. Several varieties of jonquils shared by my mom and aunts ... "memory" jo...

Crocus were the first to bloom right outside the front door. This is the only forsythia bush blooming out of a dozen. Northern mountains as seen from my house. Only a few jonquils are blooming so far.... This is the maple tree I can see outside from my desk. The wind was blowing the branch so hard i...