Tag Archives: Virginia

Roanoke River near Franklin Road, February 2023

Roanoke, Virginia.

Blue Monday.

Campbell Avenue in Roanoke, Virginia shortly after sunrise today.  New Order would approve.



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Birds on a wire.

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Candy cigarettes!

(It’s a dorkmanteau.)

I aspire to be a ne’erd-do-well.

That’s a ne’er-do-well who is also a nerd.



Going native.

No … this blog has not been hijacked.  That is me that you see in the picture.  I can now blend seamlessly into my adopted Southern City with this official Roanoke trucker’s cap — a fine Christmas present from one of my Mary Washington College alums.

The next time you see me on the street, you probably won’t even realize it’s your favorite Yankee.  It’s like I’m an undercover reporter again!!!

[Update 12/26/22: Yes, the (inevitable, as I see now) Jim Varney comparisons have begun in response to this photo.  Sigh.  Do what you have to, Vern.]



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“‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” by Clement Clarke Moore (read by Eric Robert Nolan)

(The actual title for the poem is “A Visit From St. Nicholas.”)



A day to reflect.

I just love this one shot from yesterday’s video of Jefferson Street in the rain.  (I just figured out how to export frames from a video.)



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Jefferson Street tonight.

Roanoke, Virginia.



Campbell Avenue and Market Square, Roanoke, VA, December 2022

Town always looks pretty around Christmastime.

Sunglasses Guy at the end of the video looks like he thought I was surveilling him. That was totally not my intention, Sir.