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Welcome to “One Woman’s Opinion,” a long term feature of the Southside Sentinel, written by Urbanna resident Mary Wakefield Buxton. Traditionally a humorist, Mary has written a column on all subjects and sometimes in very serious vein. Along with writing a column  for the Sentinel since 1984, she is also author of 15 books about life and love in Tidewater, Virginia. Click here for available books.

Urbanna’s ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha: Part 5

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 Part 5 The prayers of writers are sometimes answered even though they don’t necessarily attend church services. And so the very next day a terrible storm hit Nimcock County tearing across the land, uprooting trees and taking off roofs of many houses. And most conveniently helping Merrypen find a way out of the “big brass” boundary...
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Urbanna’s ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha: Part 4

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 Part 4 By now everyone in the charming town of Nimcock had taken sides. Who could not take a side? Everyone was talking...

Urbanna’s ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha: Part 3

Part 1 • Part 2 Part 3 The lawyers had been selected, the distinguished Ronald E. Widget (who some in the county felt was totally unscrupulous) and the candy Enos F....

The ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha continues

Part 1 Part 2 A  week or two passed by with not much more interchange between the Army and the Navy much to Nimcock’s relief. No one liked blow-ups between neighbors...

The ‘big brass’ boundary brouhaha

(Editor’s note: Before passing away this month, “One Woman’s Opinion” columnist Mary Wakefield Buxton completed a special five-part series, “The Nimcock Chronicles.” The following column is the first in...

One Woman's Opinion

Past summers in West Virginia remembered

Part 1 URBANNA — I was 33 years old then, almost 50 years ago, living in Palm Beach County, Fla. It was in the mid-1970s, and I was a rather harassed wife and mother of two rambunctious children, daughter, Liz, 10, and son, Wake, 5. The...

“Getting exercise during cold weather is a challenge”

URBANNA — It’s been a few years since Middlesex County has suffered such a cold winter. It seems these last few weeks, no matter how many sweaters I had on, I still felt cold. And that’s indoors. Going outdoors was unbearable when those 20 degree...

Changing times’ freedom much to handle

Of all the changes in today’s society, I think gender changes are the most challenging. I was born female and I’m glad I remained female — in spite of the “Tom Boy” phase I enjoyed when I was in elementary school. At this age, sister Alice,...

The world should say no to all racial and ethnic attacks

URBANNA — What a year 2023 was. I don’t have space today to list the many worrisome events that took place around the world. The savage massacre by Hamas on Israeli citizens on Oct. 7, 2023 was especially alarming. The cruel barbarity and number of...

“It’s more than past time to bury the hatchet”

Am I the only one in this country that is sick and tired of the use of district attorneys, special counsels, attorney generals, courts and Congressional committees to investigate and explore impeaching our presidents? And now we even have the state supreme court of Colorado...

’Tis the season to reflect on Christmas blessings

URBANNA — A life threatening experience, any event that comes about that reminds us that our lives are short and temporary, is a good reminder to think of life’s many blessings. Especially as Christmas nears — the special time of year when we think of the...

Dire Consequences: Part 3

  Part 1 • Part 2 The swing doors to surgery swung open to admit me into a large room fitted with looming and fierce equipment. I was shifted from my gurney to the operation table rather like a big piece of meat served up for...

Dire Consequences: Part 2

Part 1 URBANNA — Why would my doctor be calling me at 9 o’clock in the morning and asking me how I was feeling? I was so confused I was unable to respond. Dr. Cubbage explained the heart monitor attached to me yesterday at Riverside Hospital...

Various lessons are learned while one dances along with dire consequences

URBANNA — Shortly after returning on a what I called facetiously, “The trip of a Lifetime,” (because the trip was so stressful) a vacation to celebrate our 60th wedding anniversary, something odd happened. Or maybe my serialized columns describing my trip actually foreshadowed what was...

Memories of Past Presidents: Part 6

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5 I  have often thought the presidents we end up electing is a direct result of our reaction from the policies of the last one. Thus, we got the honest Carter who...

Memories of past presidents: Part 5

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 "Bubba,” as Bill Clinton was known back in Arkansas, and his ambitious wife, Hillary Clinton, took over the White House in 1992. He was both a personable and handsome man and had a certain...

Memories of past presidents: Part 4

Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 By now I was acutely aware that presidents could not only lie to the people but their policies could also cause havoc to our nation. I also realized I had to carefully study qualifications and experience of a...
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