Jane Smith
@mustelina.bsky.social
Wading through historical newspapers for glimpses into the past. https://cvillelives.org/
Listening in April for the Wood Thrush.
(Hylocichla mustelina) http://vimeo.com/238643510
Listening in April for the Wood Thrush.
(Hylocichla mustelina) http://vimeo.com/238643510
If your spirits could use a lift, watch the rousing speech Representative Adelita S. Grijalva just gave at her long overdue 4pm swearing-in ceremony.
www.c-span.org/event/public...
www.c-span.org/event/public...
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
If your spirits could use a lift, watch the rousing speech Representative Adelita S. Grijalva just gave at her long overdue 4pm swearing-in ceremony.
www.c-span.org/event/public...
www.c-span.org/event/public...
Martin Hardware is a local treasure. We had a leaky kitchen faucet Saturday and could find no brand name or id# on it. We took the old broken faucet cartridge to MH. The man took one look at it, nodded, walked over to an entire wall of cartridges, and plucked out the exact right one. Awesome!
July 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Martin Hardware is a local treasure. We had a leaky kitchen faucet Saturday and could find no brand name or id# on it. We took the old broken faucet cartridge to MH. The man took one look at it, nodded, walked over to an entire wall of cartridges, and plucked out the exact right one. Awesome!
Richard Green’s daughter Marian and her husband Andrew Jackson Payne also worked at the Treasury Department. But there’s a photograph of Andrew on his Find a Grave page and I don’t believe he looks much like the man in the newspaper photograph with Lincoln Andrews.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/264...
www.findagrave.com/memorial/264...
June 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Richard Green’s daughter Marian and her husband Andrew Jackson Payne also worked at the Treasury Department. But there’s a photograph of Andrew on his Find a Grave page and I don’t believe he looks much like the man in the newspaper photograph with Lincoln Andrews.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/264...
www.findagrave.com/memorial/264...
Sorry, looks like something about the format of that first article made it too small to read. Hopefully this will work better.
June 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sorry, looks like something about the format of that first article made it too small to read. Hopefully this will work better.
Fool that I am, I went looking. No luck. But I did find a number of interesting articles about his distinguished predecessor, Mr. Richard Green.
June 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Fool that I am, I went looking. No luck. But I did find a number of interesting articles about his distinguished predecessor, Mr. Richard Green.
I was downtown last night so I visited the tree! You are right—its blooms are almost finished so, like you, I didn’t pick up any scent. But the bees certainly did, and they were very busy scouting out the blooms that are still fresh.
June 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I was downtown last night so I visited the tree! You are right—its blooms are almost finished so, like you, I didn’t pick up any scent. But the bees certainly did, and they were very busy scouting out the blooms that are still fresh.
Is the Basswood (aka American Linden) in bloom right now? Poet Amy Clampitt wrote an extraordinary description of the fragrance—
“. . . aromas
so intensely subtle,
strollers passing under
looked up confused,
as though they'd just
heard voices, or
inhaled the ghost
of derelict splendor . . .”
“. . . aromas
so intensely subtle,
strollers passing under
looked up confused,
as though they'd just
heard voices, or
inhaled the ghost
of derelict splendor . . .”
June 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Is the Basswood (aka American Linden) in bloom right now? Poet Amy Clampitt wrote an extraordinary description of the fragrance—
“. . . aromas
so intensely subtle,
strollers passing under
looked up confused,
as though they'd just
heard voices, or
inhaled the ghost
of derelict splendor . . .”
“. . . aromas
so intensely subtle,
strollers passing under
looked up confused,
as though they'd just
heard voices, or
inhaled the ghost
of derelict splendor . . .”
I just realized that the planting of the Basswood in 1924 would probably have been witnessed by inhabitants of the Home for the Aged, which then stood at 201 First Street where Hill and Wood now stands.
June 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I just realized that the planting of the Basswood in 1924 would probably have been witnessed by inhabitants of the Home for the Aged, which then stood at 201 First Street where Hill and Wood now stands.
He was singing his little heart out tonight. I just got the app recently. It’s wonderful!
May 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
He was singing his little heart out tonight. I just got the app recently. It’s wonderful!
Tomorrow at 2 pm the Preservers of the Daughters of Zion Cemetery will honor the ancestors with laying of flowers on their annual Decoration Day at Charlottesville’s historic African American cemetery located at the corner of Oak and First Street South.
daughtersofzioncemetery.org/our-history/
daughtersofzioncemetery.org/our-history/
May 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Tomorrow at 2 pm the Preservers of the Daughters of Zion Cemetery will honor the ancestors with laying of flowers on their annual Decoration Day at Charlottesville’s historic African American cemetery located at the corner of Oak and First Street South.
daughtersofzioncemetery.org/our-history/
daughtersofzioncemetery.org/our-history/
Yes, it’s only one block but it’s on a hill so I wouldn’t want to try it in a wheelchair. And could you navigate that block in a wheelchair at all if you’re starting out from the side of Elliot that has no sidewalk?
May 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yes, it’s only one block but it’s on a hill so I wouldn’t want to try it in a wheelchair. And could you navigate that block in a wheelchair at all if you’re starting out from the side of Elliot that has no sidewalk?
How could anyone watch the video of that arrest and not feel enormous respect for those two conscientious and brave young women? Is ICE trying to stir up a hornet’s nest?
April 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
How could anyone watch the video of that arrest and not feel enormous respect for those two conscientious and brave young women? Is ICE trying to stir up a hornet’s nest?
Is there any hope that the Supreme Court will step up and stop the insanity? The words of Gwendolyn Brooks keep echoing in my mind:
April 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Is there any hope that the Supreme Court will step up and stop the insanity? The words of Gwendolyn Brooks keep echoing in my mind:
I am not an expert or a serious chef like you, John, but I bought a 12-inch Cuisinart skillet from Wegmans about six years ago and it has served me very well. I love it. It looks like they might currently have the 10-inch in stock.
test.commerce.wegmans.com/shop/collect...
test.commerce.wegmans.com/shop/collect...
March 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I am not an expert or a serious chef like you, John, but I bought a 12-inch Cuisinart skillet from Wegmans about six years ago and it has served me very well. I love it. It looks like they might currently have the 10-inch in stock.
test.commerce.wegmans.com/shop/collect...
test.commerce.wegmans.com/shop/collect...
Next Saturday! First the new Carver Inn Historical Marker on Preston Avenue will be unveiled, and then Lorenzo Dickerson will screen his new film, “Carver Inn, Charlottesville VA,” at JMRL. jmrl.org/calendar?dat...
March 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Next Saturday! First the new Carver Inn Historical Marker on Preston Avenue will be unveiled, and then Lorenzo Dickerson will screen his new film, “Carver Inn, Charlottesville VA,” at JMRL. jmrl.org/calendar?dat...
Wednesday, March 12, afternoon sun, 72 degrees
March 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Wednesday, March 12, afternoon sun, 72 degrees
His haunting words for our town:
“The lynching of John Henry James will be far more damaging to the community than it will be to the alleged criminal. His troubles are o’er; those of the community have just begun.”
virginiachronicle.com?a=d&d=RP1898...
“The lynching of John Henry James will be far more damaging to the community than it will be to the alleged criminal. His troubles are o’er; those of the community have just begun.”
virginiachronicle.com?a=d&d=RP1898...
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
His haunting words for our town:
“The lynching of John Henry James will be far more damaging to the community than it will be to the alleged criminal. His troubles are o’er; those of the community have just begun.”
virginiachronicle.com?a=d&d=RP1898...
“The lynching of John Henry James will be far more damaging to the community than it will be to the alleged criminal. His troubles are o’er; those of the community have just begun.”
virginiachronicle.com?a=d&d=RP1898...
We have lost a great man. Dr. Virgil Wood grew up in Yancey Mills and graduated from Albemarle Training School. ATS Principal Mary Carr Greer took him to an NAACP Youth Convention when he was 16, and in 1953 he helped form the Albemarle County Branch Chapter of the NAACP.
abc13.com/post/civil-r...
abc13.com/post/civil-r...
December 31, 2024 at 4:28 PM
We have lost a great man. Dr. Virgil Wood grew up in Yancey Mills and graduated from Albemarle Training School. ATS Principal Mary Carr Greer took him to an NAACP Youth Convention when he was 16, and in 1953 he helped form the Albemarle County Branch Chapter of the NAACP.
abc13.com/post/civil-r...
abc13.com/post/civil-r...
“What is sorrow but tenderness now
in this earth-close frame of land and sky
falling constantly into horizons
of east and west, north and south”
in this earth-close frame of land and sky
falling constantly into horizons
of east and west, north and south”
December 15, 2024 at 8:20 PM
“What is sorrow but tenderness now
in this earth-close frame of land and sky
falling constantly into horizons
of east and west, north and south”
in this earth-close frame of land and sky
falling constantly into horizons
of east and west, north and south”
Tomorrow, December 14th from 1-3 pm
The International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville is holding workshops at the Islamic Society of Central Virginia, 708 Pine Street.
The International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville is holding workshops at the Islamic Society of Central Virginia, 708 Pine Street.
December 13, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Tomorrow, December 14th from 1-3 pm
The International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville is holding workshops at the Islamic Society of Central Virginia, 708 Pine Street.
The International Rescue Committee in Charlottesville is holding workshops at the Islamic Society of Central Virginia, 708 Pine Street.