Serpentine

“To arrive late on a summer evening in Charlottesville — named in colonial times for the wife of George III — and see the original university complex (called the Lawn) for the first time by moonlight and lamplight, flickering behind luminescent magnolia blossoms, is to observe one of the most magical settings in America.”

I felt a wave of nostalgia and my eyes grew wet as I read this. How thankful am I for the fact that I spent eight years there? The Lawn and the Rotunda at the University of Virginia are architectural landmarks, internationally known, and they were part of my home during a period of great development in my life. Damn, I’m lucky.
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