tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.comments2020-02-07T14:47:53.591-05:00The Ashland News Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-52624609898982335122020-02-07T14:41:04.594-05:002020-02-07T14:41:04.594-05:00Wide-ranging interests in your column today, each ...Wide-ranging interests in your column today, each well done, leaving this reader wanting more. Great pictures, too. I look forward to Fridays and your cokumn, Meriwether.SDKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-53273328483411911962020-01-10T18:35:46.047-05:002020-01-10T18:35:46.047-05:00Hail to the YES, Merriweather. Please. Keep writin...Hail to the YES, Merriweather. Please. Keep writing. Love the news, updates, commentary. Thank you!!mcluckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181980727616663899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-68206563951314359312019-09-06T03:45:27.428-04:002019-09-06T03:45:27.428-04:00Thank you for writing this. I find it fascinating ...Thank you for writing this. I find it fascinating and look forward to the next installment!Laura Parrishnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-4566213323286555672018-05-25T06:25:26.364-04:002018-05-25T06:25:26.364-04:00Great as usual. Loved the bit about the baseball p...Great as usual. Loved the bit about the baseball players turning to listen to the youngsters practice the National Anthem. This is something that is sadly lacking in the UK. I can't remember ever singing the National Anthem at school. Learned it Guides - but only the first verse. My mother tells me they had to learn all the verses when she was at school in the 1940's and she still Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455989118031781222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-87915387158903619312018-05-21T09:39:33.432-04:002018-05-21T09:39:33.432-04:00Rebecca Mills- thank you for your comment and your...Rebecca Mills- thank you for your comment and your interest in our town from afar! I hope you can visit one day! <br />Meriwether GilmoreMeriwether Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855531640335566350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-2741563657488376542018-05-18T12:17:44.988-04:002018-05-18T12:17:44.988-04:00I have just discovered this blog and subscribed. W...I have just discovered this blog and subscribed. Why? Because a month or so ao I discovered the live streaming web camera on the visitor centre and fell in love. No, seriously.I live in the UK and ever since I was a child I yearned to go to America. Maybe it was the American dream that worked its way into the psyche; maybe it was just a longing for a more 'exciting' life. Ashland has Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455989118031781222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-76270231413978565082018-05-18T12:16:54.717-04:002018-05-18T12:16:54.717-04:00I have just discovered this blog and subscribed. W...I have just discovered this blog and subscribed. Why? Because a month or so ao I discovered the live streaming web camera on the visitor centre and fell in love. No, seriously.I live in the UK and ever since I was a child I yearned to go to America. Maybe it was the American dream that worked its way into the psyche; maybe it was just a longing for a more 'exciting' life. Ashland has Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10455989118031781222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-52813248217428962062018-05-12T06:23:44.884-04:002018-05-12T06:23:44.884-04:00I appreciate this blog, Meriwether - informative a...I appreciate this blog, Meriwether - informative and interesting. Keep writing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-60033163508124611712018-04-16T22:06:01.214-04:002018-04-16T22:06:01.214-04:00Thanks for keeping the local news going! I and ma...Thanks for keeping the local news going! I and many others attended the Barracuda fundraiser. That was a great community-builder event. <br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10819944336063669353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-13607297902817130772018-04-07T09:36:48.783-04:002018-04-07T09:36:48.783-04:00I just discovered -- and subscribed -- to your blo...I just discovered -- and subscribed -- to your blog. I spent 17.5 years of my life in a newsroom, and a little part of me dies each time a paper shuts down. I will look forward to your "news" with gratitude and send my kindest regards. Also, I know the commitment it requires to keep a blog current, so I bow to you!Mary Garner-Mitchellhttp://www.marygarnermitchelldesign.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-81344612503963953942018-04-05T14:28:49.554-04:002018-04-05T14:28:49.554-04:00This brought tears to my eyes.
This brought tears to my eyes.<br />Chickadeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223470661398364123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-74844710578346911212018-04-05T11:00:35.263-04:002018-04-05T11:00:35.263-04:00Go girl! Keep it up!!! ❤️Go girl! Keep it up!!! ❤️Corinne Lucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-35552394703370466652012-04-23T00:53:57.300-04:002012-04-23T00:53:57.300-04:00Hi Meriwether,
I've started a blog on Arts an...Hi Meriwether,<br /><br />I've started a blog on Arts and Culture in small town America, called Main Street Arts. I have worked in arts organizations ranging from community theater to Broadway. I post my thoughts on things I've seen that work well, and others that have troubled me.<br /><br />mainsreetarts.blogspot.com<br /><br />I've also started a meetup group called Ashland Arts Arthur Brillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00248525213439164274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-13586211581576492812010-11-09T09:41:45.117-05:002010-11-09T09:41:45.117-05:00I love your ode to Jack. Such a good hound. Hang i...I love your ode to Jack. Such a good hound. Hang in there!Monica K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-75548520028576197762010-03-29T07:46:20.373-04:002010-03-29T07:46:20.373-04:00cool, more contests!cool, more contests!Ashland Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928199972637126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-53794057462419133882010-01-22T10:27:16.468-05:002010-01-22T10:27:16.468-05:00Beautiful. Charlotte will be missed!Beautiful. Charlotte will be missed!Emily's Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18173649369793835227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-40474450695395496362010-01-20T19:36:27.672-05:002010-01-20T19:36:27.672-05:00That was beautiful, Meriwhether.That was beautiful, Meriwhether.Ashland Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928199972637126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-27318256416283617592009-09-21T21:09:20.676-04:002009-09-21T21:09:20.676-04:00Thanks Anonymous! Always nice to get a sweet comm...Thanks Anonymous! Always nice to get a sweet comment. Leave your name next time and I'll give you a prize, like a jar of pickles maybe.Meriwether Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855531640335566350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-74347515353536522592009-09-21T20:51:04.490-04:002009-09-21T20:51:04.490-04:00You rock Meriwether! I love your writing. Please...You rock Meriwether! I love your writing. Please keep it up! You love Ashland almost as much as I do. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-27269814311652250542009-04-05T14:50:00.000-04:002009-04-05T14:50:00.000-04:00C'mon Angie! I'll quote from the town song: "It's...C'mon Angie! I'll quote from the town song: "It's Ashland, where no one is a stranger long..." Thanks for reading!<BR/>MeriwetherMeriwether Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855531640335566350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-40944948682679480812009-04-05T08:46:00.000-04:002009-04-05T08:46:00.000-04:00I want to come live in your town!I want to come live in your town!Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17967613702274291647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-60386875747514133982009-01-02T10:54:00.000-05:002009-01-02T10:54:00.000-05:00And some were blessed to wake up New Year's Day an...And some were blessed to wake up New Year's Day and bring in the new year with a brisk, cold run through town and good food (and pink champagne) with those wonderful souls who made 2008 so great.<BR/><BR/>MonicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-84189226771525462672008-12-28T15:20:00.000-05:002008-12-28T15:20:00.000-05:00I read your column every week, usually on-line but...I read your column every week, usually on-line but I read it again when I see it in the HP. I agree that we have something special in this town and I can't figure out why it took us so long to get here! <BR/><BR/>When people ask me where I'm from, I tell them the truth: I'm from Chesterfield. But I always follow up with, "But I came to Ashland as fast as I could!"<BR/><BR/>[Ashland] DaveAshland Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928199972637126663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-25709104683338259402008-12-25T21:12:00.000-05:002008-12-25T21:12:00.000-05:00You are as dear to this town (and me)as this town ...You are as dear to this town (and me)as this town is to you. Thanks for continually reminding us how special it is and to appreciate the small beauties we could easily overlook!! ARG-CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901520286402366644.post-34256838362724362102008-09-10T09:02:00.000-04:002008-09-10T09:02:00.000-04:00Thank you for publishing your mention of the 2007 ...Thank you for publishing your mention of the 2007 Hanover County PTA Reflections Contest. We have an important correction to pass along, however: Our son, Adam Cheek, won 1st place in the Intermediate Literature category for Hanover County, not 3rd. He placed 1st at Elmont Elem., and earned an Award of Merit in the Richmond District contest,as well. We appreciate your mentioning him, as well Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com