Monthly Archives: September 2019

The Mist of History

Posted on September 14, 2019 by Doug Cumming

Living in Rockbridge County, I’ve learned to accept the idea that there are three distinct kinds of “history.” First, there’s the history of historians, the gentle “arguments” of history professors in the three colleges rooted hereabouts and in the lectures … Continue reading →

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Shade for sale?

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Doug Cumming

We worked in the lower pasture getting fence posts and yellow jacket stings (two, that is, for me), then met William in Dobson at the Mexican restaurant called Tlaquepaque. It’s bleakly set between the highway and that giant chicken processing … Continue reading →

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South Sudanese gathering in Lexington: One step

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Doug Cumming

This past weekend, a different civil war drew nearly 100 mediation experts, Episcopal bishops and war victims from as far away as South Sudan and Omaha to the little city where Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried. The … Continue reading →

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