

A Walk Around The Lawn: Halloween 2016
Halloween 2016 was another crisp Fall day. The trees were halfway to winter. Leaves were piling up on The Lawn. Mostly, the tradition is...


A Walk Around The Lawn: Graduation 2017
On graduation morning, May 20, 2017, it was a perfect spring day. Students assembled on the north side of the Rotunda, while parents and...


A Walk Around The Lawn: Preparing Graduation 2017
It takes about a week. First, the ramps and fences go up. Then the bundles of folding chairs appear. The stage and video screens go up...


Around Town: The Corner
The Corner is a quarter mile of swag shops, greasy spoons, restaurants, and convenience stores along University Ave., roughly from about...


Charlottesville Shutdown Ends Peacefully
State and local officials prepared for the one year anniversary of the Antifa riot in Charlottesville by declaring a preemptive state of...


Downtown: Beyond the Pedestrian Mall
The edges of downtown fray rather quickly. A few blocks off the downtown mall puts you in the working areas. There you'll find the side...


Humpback Rocks: Panorama at the Top
This week, we finally make it to the top of Humpback Rocks. The climb takes you through dense woods and over slippery rocks. Near the...


Humpback Rocks: Crossing the Meadow
The farm trail from the visitor center at Humpback Rocks leads to a meadow along the Blue Ridge Parkway. In the lede photo, the farm...


Humpback Rocks: Scots-Irish Homestead Museum
Humpback Rocks is an outcropping of greenstone on the top of Humpback Mountain, which lies at milepost 5.8 on the Blue Ridge Parkway,...


Montpelier Races 2015
President James Madison, Father of the Constitution, built his home in Montpelier, Virginia. It's about 20 miles north of Jefferson's...