
"Almost Heaven, West Virginia"
I wasn't in the state of West Virginia but, I was in the western part of Virginia. I was staying at Nimrod Hall, a retreat for artist, for the last week. John Denver's song, which my father would sing to us when we were children, was on repeat in my head while I spent the days soaking in the greenery of the Shenandoah Valley. Curney Nuffer was the visiting artist during my time there and he guided a small group of us on various lessons and paint alongs. It was not just lesson