Life in Mathews

Friday, before the tornado and before my daughter's incredible basketball game, I made a long overdue trip to the nursing home to v...

, Once upon a time, down a long, leisurely, leaf-filled lane, tucked away between some stately old trees and a creek  (Pardon the ...

Here in cyberspace, the Mathews County Womanless Beauty Pageant lives on, even though it's been over and done with for three weeks days...

Once upon a time, Chesapeake Bay Woman had a friend called Bayman. Bayman is the sort of person who'd give you the shirt off his back in...

Late last week, I received the following message from someone involved in local politics: "Marion Grey Trusch of Mathews, VA, turns 90...

This structure was either a school or a church, and at one point here recently I could tell you which one, but welcome to yet another fac...

This weekend my basement flooded, which is to say that Chesapeake Bay Woman spent two consecutive days in tears was forced to go through j...

Above is another shot of Bethel Beach and below is another guest contribution, because Chesapeake Bay Woman is plum wore out. Worn out. She...

A couple of weeks ago, I traveled down Horn Harbor and took this. I have no idea what the yellow growth in the field is, but it was incredib...

This picture is from Bethel Beach, although you obviously cannot see the beach from here. There are acres and acres of what I'd call swa...

Continuing with yesterday's theme of my mother's writing, here is a portion of something she wrote about James Brown . James Brown i...

Half of Mathews will know who we are just by the picture above. Lucky for me I only have two readers, and only one is from Mathews. Our ide...

This aging beauty displays many of the qualities inherent to Mathews. She's an honest, simple, wooden structure. A dying breed who is cl...

This is the diary I found yesterday. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading through it. Even though I was only about 9, the quality of the writ...

Without going into the details, the past 24 hours have been unexpected and dramatic. With no warning, my son collapsed and was rushed to E.R...

Yes, folks, it is true. This used to be an official, honest to goodness United States post office. This is a picture of the old Hardyville p...

I wish to preface this by saying that I love Bubbas. And may no Bubbas be harmed in the making of this post. Bubbas make the world-- OK, ju...

Creeks in Mathews are the size of what most people would call rivers, and the swimming season starts officially now and ends as soon as the...

Yes, it is blurry. Yes, it is crooked. Yes, I know, I know. After several weeks of procrastinating, I finally decided to heed the very wel...

Last night we went to Donk's Theater , which is also known as Virginia's Li'l Ole Opry . (www.donkstheater.com.) Donk's is...