Goin’ Down to Dixieland

My sister and I are headed to Petersburg, Virginia, this weekend. It’s been a kind of Civil War year for us already, having gone to Antietam, Harpers Ferry, and

A New York State (or Colony) of Mind

I’m thinking about spending four days or so in the next few weeks in Dutchess County, New York. You know, the Poughkeepsie area, about an hour or so north of Manhattan, where the most popular time for a visit is fall foliage.