Viewpoint January 2019
Wise Words from Washington … … George Washington, that is. Father of our country. Our first and one of our finest presidents. Native of Virginia’s Northern Neck. Little remembered today, his 1796 Farewell Address contains warnings and wisdom that still ring true at...Viewpoint November-December 2018
Homeplace Going home is the perfect way to celebrate the sacred days that close out the calendar year. November-December 2018 All of us have a homeplace: it may be the place of our birth, where our forebears dwelled, where we were raised, or where the gravitational...Viewpoint October 2018
Our North Star Cooperatives are an enduring testament to the power of shared principles and local purpose. October 2018 October is a time of outdoor change and indoor reflection. Of gathering in, and giving back. Of chilly nights under the gossamer gaze of a hunter’s...Viewpoint September 2018
An Ode to Solitude Once in a while it’s refreshing, restorative … and essential … to spend some time with just yourself. September 2018 We’re social animals. Yet the need to get away is ancient and universal. When English poet George Gordon Byron wrote the passages...Viewpoint August 2018
Binding Wounds, Visible & Invisible A veterans-support organization is issuing a national call to arms to make sure that those who served in uniform receive the help they need to heal on the outside … and the inside. August 2018 Woodrow Wilson Reeves was my...Viewpoint July 2018
Summertime Magic Remembering vacation trips with family … and long, languid days with boyhood friends, doing everything we wanted, and sometimes nothing at all. July 2018 For the 16th consecutive summer, we’re publishing in our July issue the best entries in our youth...Viewpoint June 2018
Just Another Electrifying Day The electric service that we often take for granted is actually a critical ingredient in the daily rhythms and rituals of family life. June 2018 Eeeekkk! Eeeekkk! Eeeekkk! A groggy head stirs in the pillow’s soft valley. Eyes open...Viewpoint May 2018
Hear the Falconer! The digital age has expanded our horizons. But it’s also shrunken our shared experience … and created some challenges for our resilient republic. May 2018 More than half a century on, it remains a vivid memory. “Duck and cover.” In the early...Viewpoint March-April 2018
Get-up-n-Go to the Gaff-n-Go! In early May, you can watch over 150 lineworkers eager to demonstrate their climbing, rescuing, power-restoring skills at the largest rodeo in the East for the pros who keep the lights on. March-April 2018 In the idol worship of youth in...Viewpoint February 2018
A Place Apart Nestled into a corner of west-central Virginia is our highest and least-populous county, Highland. While its Maple Festival annually draws tens of thousands of visitors over two weekends, a true appreciation of its wonders is only possible through visits...Viewpoint January 2018
56 American Heroes Our nation’s founders risked it all for a chance at self-governance, and ended up building the finest, freest and longest-lasting democracy in history. January 2018 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they...
On Groundhog Day earlier this month, Punxsutawney Phil could not find his shadow. And as the legend goes, this means we're in for an early spring. With wishful thoughts of spring coming soon, here's a photo that Northern Neck Electric Cooperative member James Bosworth, of Heathsville, sent us. "Lilly frog snorting pollen in her pad rather than on her pad," he writes. We toadally love this photo, James. Thanks for sharing!
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