Trail ride into the past
Award-winning historical fiction author Jessica James tours Long Branch Plantation in Clarke County, Va.
Release Day for Civil War novel Duty Bound!
It’s release day for award-winning historical fiction author Jessica James’s new Civil War novel Duty Bound, the first volume in the Shades of Gray Trilogy.
Memorial Day: Honor the Sacrifice
Award-winning author Jessica James honors the sacrifices of war veterans for Memorial Day weekend by placing flags on the graves at Lower Marsh Creek Church Cemetery outside Gettysburg.
A trip to Hanover Shoe Farms
I made my annual pilgrimage to the famed Hanover Shoe Farms last weekend, which is the largest Standardbred (trotters and pacers) breeding farm in the world. I worked there many (MANY) years ago, and still enjoy visiting every spring. Nothing puts a smile on my face...
Battle of Monterey Pass
Although I live less than 10 miles away, it’s sad to say that I’ve never visited the Civil War Battle of Monterey Pass site, other than to drive by on my way someplace else. I changed that his week by hiking the Monterey Peak Trail and walking all of the...
