Living (and Dying) in Middleburg

  BEING DEAD IS NO EXCUSE by Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays Some years back, Charlotte Hays and Gayden Metcalf published a book entitled BEING DEAD IS NO EXCUSE. It is a delightful read, a very tongue in cheek discussion of Southern funeral customs. When it...

Foxhunting and Christmas in Middleburg

How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? On the first Saturday in December you may have seen a few foxhounds dashing into some of our local shops. Early canine Christmas shopping perhaps? Actually the hounds belong to the pack of the Middleburg Hunt parading through...

Middleburg, Shakespeare and Hamlets

Where to be or not to be –which hamlet is for you? In Middleburg we not only have a Shakespeare festival, we have our very own hamlets. The hamlets that comprise the ring of surrounding neighborhoods and villages where many “Middleburgers” live. There may be a...