Norwood Walker

The Person County QUILT TRAIL began as an idea in 2015. With grant funding from the N.C. Dept. of Commerce and management by the Piedmont Conservation Council, the trail has become a reality. The ultimate goal is for a continuous Quilt Trail that travels throughout the NC Piedmont. Presently the counties participating are Person, Randolph, and Rockingham. The painted quilt ...

Distinguished Young Women The Story Continues By Norwood Walker (Click here to read first story in this series: Junior Miss to Distinguished Young Women) Thomas Wolfe is credited with the quote “You can’t go home again.” Many young people, male and female’ have taken that quote to heart over the years and never fully returned to the area of their ...

By Norwood Walker Ever wonder where the antique stores in the area get their stock? Before the days of multi-channel cable television bringing the vicarious experiences of hunting antiques and the drama of bidding wars at auction through shows like American Pickers and Storage Wars, there were live auctions.  Where real pickers brought in their finds and set everyday people ...

By Norwood Walker The past shapes the future and crafts the present.  Whether we fill our homes with cherished memories of the past in the form of photographs, family heirlooms of textile, clay, glass, or wood, or we hunt antique and second-hand shops in search of other’s memories of the past, our yesterday is a powerful force.  It can be ...

By Norwood Walker “…Crowds of men and women attired in the usual costumes, how curious you are to me! On the ferry-boats the hundreds and hundreds that cross, returning home, are more curious to me than you suppose, And you that shall cross from shore to shore years hence are more to me, and more in my mediations, Than you ...

By Norwood Walker A short but steep gravel driveway off of Anderson Mill Road just a few miles outside of Chatham, Virginia leads not just to a unique wine tasting experience but a step back into yesterday.  Tomahawk Winery is housed in an old water-powered grist mill built by Confederate veteran James Anderson on the Tomahawk Creek in 1888.  The ...

So Much in Common Story by Norwood Walker A brewery and a winery are not often thought to share many things in common.  After all, wine tasters and beer guzzlers have different tastes and quite frankly different lifestyles, and wine and beer are made from completely different ingredients.  So, the stereotypes go. Among the things that San Soucy and Staunton ...

By Norwood Walker Location, location, location may be the mantra of real estate, but it also can apply to wineries and vineyards.  Such is the case with Hunting Creek Vineyards located in the beautiful rolling hills of piedmont Virginia.  A bit off the beaten track at 2000 Addie Williams Trail, Clover, it is definitely worth a visit and a tasting ...

By Norwood Walker The driveway at 568 Rigney Circle just outside of Chatham, Virginia leads down a gentle sloping incline with beautiful rows of grape vines on its left.  Awaiting at the bottom of this incline is a log cabin with a wraparound porch that beckons to come sit and stay a while.  Taste the wine that is obviously grown ...

By Norwood Walker Nathalie is a small unincorporated community about 15 miles north of South Boston in Halifax County, Virginia.  This small community has a population of just over 180 according to the last census, but it attracts its share of visitors.  One of the main draws is the Bright Meadow Farms. As their website proclaims “Bright Meadows Farm is ...