’Tis the season!
With Thanksgiving arriving in two weeks and the Christmas holiday right around the corner, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle. Some people are already focused on Christmas. Outside the window of the Rappahannock News, I see R.H. Ballard’s shop windows are already beautifully decorated.
Let’s be sure to ring in the holidays with “Christmas in Little Washington” on Sunday, Dec. 8, starting at 11 a.m. with the annual parade and festivities. Come early for a full day of family fun, including music, local food, caroling artisans, and much more. The parade marches at 1:30 p.m.
TRINITY FUNDRAISER
According to Helen Williams and Kim Nelson, volunteers of the Washington Trinity Church held a community fundraising dinner this past Saturday. The event was in support of the 4-H and its ability to send children to day and overnight camp.
The menu included delicious prime rib.
Jenny Kapsa, the recent 4-H extension agent of 15 years, led everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance and the 4H pledge. Jenny and many guests had fun sharing their fond memories during their time in 4-H.
ARTISTIC GLOBETROTTERS
Local artists Carol Iglesias and Susan Raines will offer their views of places from Virginia to South Carolina, Tuscany to Peru to Mexico at the Middle Street Gallery.
The exhibition, “Travels with a Painter and a Photographer,” will run through Dec. 1.
Iglesias will show her brightly colored Impressionist oils and pastels of places in the U.S. and abroad. Her paintings strive to capture the essence of her experiences and convey the intense beauty she sees in the world around her.
“People often say that my paintings take them to a place that they would like to be or reminds them of someplace they have been,” says the peripatetic painter.
Meanwhile, Raines’ photographs offer intimate views of Guanajuato, a remote town in central Mexico that is known for its brilliantly colored colonial architecture and its network of extremely narrow streets, alleyways, and tunnels.
“I was entranced by the color
everywhere and the juxtaposition of the old and the new in this charming city, which was built in the 1500s when the Spanish discovered silver in the surrounding hills,” she said.
The gallery is located at 325a Middle Street in Washington. Hours are Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m..
Call 540-675-1313 or visit www. middlestreetgallery.org for more information.
GOODBYE, FRIEND
As I type this article, I am in the wake of tragedy — the loss of a dear friend, Margaret Ann Chadwell, known to many as Ann. She passed away Nov. 4 in the Blue Ridge Hospice Inpatient Care Center in Winchester.
I cannot find the words to describe Ann, who I got to know when I worked at the Aileen factory in Flint Hill. We often worked next to each other, and I’d listen as she spoke so lovingly of her children.
Often Aileen would have lunches for employee birthdays, and Ann would bake the best lemon pies. They were delectable.
Ann, you may be gone from our sight, but you will never be gone from our hearts. You will be missed by everyone who knew you as a true friend.
My sympathy to her family.
RELOCATE
The Town Clerk’s office will soon move from Town Hall to the Washington School Building, 567 Mt. Salem Avenue, Unit 3, Washington. The move will be completed during the week of Nov. 18.
Hopefully it will warm up by then. In the meantime, have winter coats, gloves and scarves nearby, as December-like chill has settled in this week. Stay warm!