Category Archives: Washington and Lee

Are You As Over The Top About “Tommies” As I Am?

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Betsy

Articulate. Brilliant. Fascinating. Incredible. A living legend. Read what former students of Jefferson D. Futch III, professor emeritus of history at Washington and Lee University, have to say about him and you’ll soon get the idea that he was one … Continue reading →

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Make Much Ado About Will This Year

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Betsy

Sir Walter Scott, John Keats, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and I have something in common. We’ve all made the pilgrimage to Warwickshire, England to honor William Shakespeare. Some pilgrims take the “Sacred … Continue reading →

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Have You Been To The Art Palace of the West?

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Betsy

Look at this circa-1975 photo of my mother and me and you’ll see three of my favorite things: a handmade Holly Hobbie doll; a wrap skirt that had seagulls painted on it; and a beautiful fountain that symbolizes Cincinnati. Around … Continue reading →

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Irish Marc and the Newest Members of His Funky Bunch Spent Six July Days in Dublin, Ireland

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Betsy

“You Are Invited to Ireland,” a US Airways Magazine article proclaimed while I was aloft to Boston last October. With a photograph of a gorgeous vista of the Cliffs of Moher and enticing details about The Gathering, a year-long celebration … Continue reading →

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Gorgeous Georgian Piles, Portraits and Prose Filled Five July Days at Washington and Lee

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Betsy

A dreary January Saturday brightened considerably when my mailman delivered the brochure describing Washington and Lee University’s Alumni College and W&L Traveller programs for 2013. Organized and managed by W&L’s Office of Special Programs, these educational travel opportunities have been … Continue reading →

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