Coastal Virginia

WILLIAM HAZEL

On A Williamsburg Ghost Tour

Alias Little Red Riding Hood, that’s what she called herself, sort of looked the part, kind of Grimm, with a red trimmed cape thing, but...

WILLIAM HAZEL

The Secret Weeks

September offers no immediacy. I am thankful for this truth. This year brings three clear weeks between the end and perceived end of...

WILLIAM HAZEL

On the Far Side of Van Gogh

My body was covered in colors dull bright, a French countryside cottage built on my chest. And my love looked so lovely in an almond...

WILLIAM HAZEL

Summering in Chincoteague

My beer can was rolling towards the main drag centerline. Early night close bright headlights from both directions guided my steps toward...

WILLIAM HAZEL

Winter Solstice - Sharing the Shortest Day

It is the solstice and Winter enters with expected calm. And my neck is sometimes stiff from tilting my face towards the southern sun. In...

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WILLIAM HAZEL

Driving in Hampton Roads

Life and Death on Interstate 64 Fifty-six hundred pounds of Escalade hard laid its side. A brilliant red of rescue lights reflects...

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WILLIAM HAZEL

Reflecting on Something in the Water - The best thing that ever happened to Virginia Beach

My blood boiled cold when I read the emails. I don’t remember a specific time when nor a place where I first heard the Virginia Beach...

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WILLIAM HAZEL

Strolling the Old Beach Farmers Marker - A No Mask Outing to Another Dimension

No masks. That's the revelation today. And it feels weird. It feels amazing, but weird. I thought I'd have a crest the top roller coaster...

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WILLIAM HAZEL

Ghosts of Thoroughgood Past - Taking A Ghost Tour in Virginia Beach

It is a place of age. A place of time. And of a kind of timelessness. We approached the Thoroughgood House, my wife and I, with a quiet...

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