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ANNETTE ON THE ROAD When a picture paints a thousand words, and when it doesn't

Dear Nonnie Friend,

This is going to be a brief, poorly edited post from the burbs of Washington, DC.

Two photos. A place I visited today with Hoosen and Hoosen, Jr and another from when I got back to the hotel.

First, Rippon Lodge, first built in 1740s Virginia by an English blacksmith from Ripon, Yorkshire, named Richard Blackburn. The house was origin…