All, Some of you were at the annual meeting of the Northumberland County Historical Society in Heathsville today. If so, you were treated to a wonderful presentation by our fellow NN list member Camille Wells on architectural and economic history of land and property development in Virginia, particularly the Northern Neck. Honestly, it was a crash course of about an entire semester of college study all in less than two hours. It went too quickly and ended to soon, but it was still superb as only a polished speaker like Camille can do. The group of about 100 people were assembled for the presentation, followed of course by delicious food and libations. This is a good time to remind our readers that the Northern Neck branch of Preservation Virginia (formerly known as APVA) has recently published a book on historic properties and sites in the Northern Neck (their boundaries include King George and Essex Counties, but not Middlesex or Stafford counties). It is available for sale at most NN museums and book stores, and of course at the Northumberland County Historical Society itself. (I personally know it to be for sale also at Mary Ball Washington Museum and the Westmoreland County Museum.) But back to Camille Wells. I don't know her policy on giving presentations, much less her schedule, but if your organization would be interested in a fascinating study of history via photographs, maps, economics and architecture, you will be more than pleased. Craig