Behind the scenes in House Key
The scene that I visualized was of King standing in the middle of Great Run after he had absconded with Spade during the night. While Spade caught his breath after galloping through the woods, King was considering his next move, … Continued
A modern scene for a painting of King searching for Mosby through the woods on Spade in 1863
The plan was to finish transplanting some saplings. We started the project yesterday and got one little tree successfully in the ground before a sudden afternoon storm rained us out. Should’ve only taken an hour to complete the job. But … Continued
A friend, who had been cleaning out old boxes in her parents’ house, came across this photograph of her great-grandfather’s former home, dated 1929. She rushed over to show it to me, asking if I could guess which house it … Continued
