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William Hazel Writes


Strawberry Season
In the full of the field of ripened Sweet Charlies I kissed her. Â Pick-your-own strawberry season in Hampton Roads is a short, lip sweet...
WILLIAM HAZEL
May 253 min read
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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
Aug 19, 20233 min read
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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
Aug 5, 20235 min read
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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...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Dec 21, 20222 min read
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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...
WILLIAM HAZEL
May 12, 20224 min read
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Running the 50th Anniversary Shamrock Marathon Weekend - Three takeaways from returning to a big run
It overwhelmed me for a moment while standing in the middle of the Virginia Beach Convention Center. That subtle mix of anxiety and...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Mar 24, 20227 min read
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Celebrating A Running Anniversary
I knew my life had changed when the young man in the turkey suit onesie whooshed past. I was excited to be running in my very first road...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Nov 30, 20214 min read
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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...
WILLIAM HAZEL
Oct 15, 20216 min read
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