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Mark and I went to high school with a girl from Tennessee. She had a strong drawl, which made her seem exotic. I wondered how close she lived to the rolling hills that I envisioned as the whole of her home State. 
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Cheri was busy at a quilting retreat; I took a short drive and ended up at a museum. Halifax County, Virginia is just across the border from North Carolina, about a two hour drive, if you take a direct route from where we live.  Well, we haven't received any mail in 10 days, and Amazon showed up for the first time in as long just yesterday.  My dad has said on several occasions that he is proud he and Mom had raised four children and never had to see them through the bars of a jail.  I love museums, and although this museum in Parkersburg, West Virginia is designated as the Oil & Gas Museum, it is so much more.  Carpenter’s Hall, located in Independence National Park, Philadelphia is the official Birthplace of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  The tiny simple hut in the left foreground housed six freezing, starving soldiers of the Continental Army.  We were at a museum in northwest Virginia for a few days last week, and I was surprised by what drew my attention the most: a "Contemporary Embroidery" exhibit.  In case you wanted to keep track, this is the fourth presidential library and museum we have visited and blogged about. Not that we like museums . . .  I had been looking at exhibits for several hours here before the first group of students arrived on a field trip.  The Virginia Quilt Museum has relocated to a former barn in the Silver Lake Historic District, near Harrisonburg, Virginia.   The Greer Heritage Museum - "We Make History Awesome" - is on Main Street, right next door to the police department.  I am always amazed when I visit the Upcountry History Museum in Greenville, South Carolina.  Happy New Year to everyone! We decided to get in one last road trip of 2023, a short drive to Salisbury, NC.  If you have been following the blog for more than a year this title may look familiar. Last year I spent one day at the Museum and ended up with three separate posts.  I talked the other day about the 883 pieces of local art exhibited at the de Young Museum, now until January 7.  We came to San Francisco because we still have a timeshare here, and to visit a multi-day quilt exhibit in Santa Clara.  |
