Kaitlyn Vargas was a young child when she first saw images of Australia in books and on television. Ever since then, she’s dreamed of visiting the country to explore its…
Author: Janet Showalter
Janet Showalter
Janet Showalter is a freelance writer who lives in King George with her husband.
As a child, David Neale cringed at the thought of visiting a museum with family or friends. Docents hushing the masses, fragile exhibits protected by rope barriers, and boring history…
The opposing player crouched in the team huddle during a timeout, trying desperately to hear the coach call the next play. But the noise was deafening. The Siegel Center crowd…
Alex Ritchie had it all planned out. After graduating from Clover Hill High School in 2013, she would spend the next four years at Ferrum College in Southwestern Virginia studying…
The caller was frantic, the fear in his voice escalating with each word he spoke. He had been foolish, he knew, to drink and drive while visiting friends in New York City last…
Born in St. Louis, Sally Bagley considers herself very much a Virginian. Like many of us, the Richmond City resident and grandmother of five has grown to cherish Virginia for…
Theodora von Hohenstaufen Noll is the first to admit that she had a tendency to hover over her children. Letting them loose in the kitchen, where sharp knives and hot…
That magical, yet often hectic time of year is here. And if holiday shopping, party planning, and the madness of the season have you stressed to the max, it’s time…
Nearly 81.5 million Americans have thought about adopting a child. If just one in 500 of these adults adopted, every waiting child in foster care would have a permanent family.…
Alex Bryant was an avid gamer who spent most of his free time in front of the computer. It drove his mother nuts. “He wasn’t an outdoorsy kind of guy,”…
Nathalie David can vividly remember helping her mother sort plastic, glass, newspapers, and aluminum cans into bins, then going with her to drop them off at the local fire station…
Carving a budget out of one salary instead of two was a scary undertaking for Andrew Yanoschak. But after 11 years of being a stayat- home dad, he’s become a…
