Read Clarke's interview with World Champion and Richmond entrepreneur Jon Lugbill in the October 2011 issue of Virginia Living magazine.
October 2011
Just for Fun!!!
More Miss-Adventures!
Read here how Clarke goes overboard in Whitecaps on the Reservoir in the June 2011 issue of Virgina Living magazine.
Clarke had visions...
of a romantic ski trip.
Click here to read A Slippery Slope in the February 2011 issue of Virginia Living magazine.
How did Clarke spend his summer vacation?
Click here to read Reaping Havoc in the August 2010 issue of Virginia Living magazine.
Could I Do It? Clarke fights for the cause Marching into History in the reenactment of the Battle of New Market and lives to tell about it.
Read what happened in the August 2010 issue of Virginia Living magazine!
August 2010 Click on the cover.
A Shooting Party Virginia Living February 2010
Clarke followed a hunting party in pursuit of bobwhite quail at Virginia's Blandfield Plantation in the cover story of the February 2010 issue. (Click here to read the article.)
The Future, Now Virginia Living June 2009
" ...Old Town is now a magnet for locals and visitors alike, who enjoy the neighborhood’s history, appealing shops and varied dining. Among the attractions is Brentmoor, an Italian villa-style home built in 1861 for Fauquier County judge Edward Spilman and later purchased by Col. John S. Mosby, a Confederate cavalry commander. During the Civil War, Mosby would harass Federal troops in and around the county and then, with his troops, slip back into the local community before his next attack, earning himself the nickname The Gray Ghost..." (Click here to read more.)
Ducks on Display Virginia Living December 2008
"...At an auction on Cape Cod in 1972, Dr. James McCleery, who later became one of America's premier decoy collectors, plopped down $10,500 for a single wooden decoy (a William Bowman curlew) and in doing so transformed the market. At a time when the median family income was slightly more than $13,500, that was considered an astounding price for a hand carved piece of wood..." (Click here to read the article.)
December 2008
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Cold Water Calamities Virginia Living December 2008
"...If you come home from work on a cold January night, have put on your slippers and are sitting in your easy chair by the fire, waiting for supper with libation in hand, the last thing you expect is some surprising knock on your back door. You certainly aren't comforted by the sight on your porch of a panting, 6'7" man covered in sweat and mud..." (Click here to read the whole story.)
The Picasso of Guns Virginia Living August 2008
"When internationally known custom shotgun and rifle manufacturers need an engraver, they don't place a call to the local jeweler. They seek out the finest engravers in the world. And one of the best lives not in Italy or in England, but in the foothills of the Blue Ridge, in the small hamlet of Evington, south of Lynchburg..." (Click here to read the article.)
Have Dogs, Will Travel Virginia Living February 2008 "Kristen Hoffman gave up a successful art career to train retrievers professionally. The job is tough, the lifestyle nomadic-but, she says, '...there's nothing better than being in a truck with a bunch of retrievers, headed somewhere.'... " (Click here to read more.)
Primland's Proper Edwardian Shoot
Virginia Living December 2003
"...Like most native Virginians, I've a great affection for the past; so when an opportunity comes to shoot driven pheasant as it was done during the Edwardian days of King George V, I take it. When I arrive at Primland for their European Driven Shoot, I am treated as if Lord Leicester and Edward VII had personally invited me to Sandringham. I am escorted up a 3,200-foot mountain to a private chalet on top. My lodge for the night, the Woodchuck, has a view of the lights of Greensboro, North Carolina, over 60 miles away. The view alone is worth the drive..." (Click here to read more.)
