Experiencing sweet dreams on the trip of a lifetime

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Mary Wakefield Buxton

URBANNA — That first night at sea as we steamed north up the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to enter the great circle passage bound for England, I dreamt of that beautiful line in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow … “ships that pass in the night.” What imagery. Once read such lovely lines repeat themselves again and again in my dreams. I thought as I drifted off to sleep that poetry lines remembered is a little like ships passing in the night.

Mary Wakefield Buxton
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“One Woman’s Opinion” served as a special feature of the Southside Sentinel for four decades, written by the late 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, she is also author of 15 books about life and love in Tidewater, Virginia.