(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 the series.)
FIRST IN A SPECIAL FIVE-PART FINAL SERIES
There is a stretch of land along the Rappahannock River, just outside the charming village of Nimcock, which can be observed from a crest on a road leading into town. Fields of corn, soybeans or winter wheat sweep down to the gentle blue ribbon of the Rappahannock River and if one looks carefully, one can see a world of wildlife within. Diamonds glisten afar from the surface of the river and the sun is always shining under a blinding blue sky.
