HENRIETTA FORD- First Colony's Mystery Author

MYSTERY WITH A SOUTHERN TWIST








THE HESSIAN LINK

In the snug study of a two hundred forty-year-old manor house on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, two Richmond City homicide detectives and a famous genealogist cordially sip after-dinner scotch. As the fire burns low, the genealogist abruptly turns to his guests and says, “I want you to solve a murder…a murder that occurred over two hundred and thirty years ago.”
Thus Jere Ford and his partner Ingrid Fairchild are cast into the most bizarre murder investigation they ever encountered. Modern techniques, historical documents, and ancient archives are used as these detectives travel back in time to solve the mystery of the disappearance of the beautiful enigmatic Caroline during the Hessian occupation of their home.






MURDER ON THE OBX

Travis White and Sam Barnett, two Alcohol Beverage Control officers, embark on a much-need fishing vacation on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Their vacation is interrupted when the body of a man is found on the beach at Nags Head. The Dare County sheriff recruits them to help local law enforcement officers Shucks Twine and Nona Godette in the investigation. Shucks’ intricate knowledge of the islands proves crucial to the investigation. And Nona---seductive, enticing Nona…brings her own attributes to the case. At first the officers think that this is a crime committed by an old nemesis…local bootlegger Maynard Drane. Soon they realize that the crime is much more far reaching when the FBI, INS, and ATF sweep in and threaten to snatch the case right out of the hands of the North Carolina officers. A turf war ensues. When the battle cools, federal and local agencies pool their information, and are shocked to discover that crimes far more sinister than the murder of a local bootlegger have occurred.














WHEN SLEEPING DOGS LIE

When Sheriff Benjamin Day and Ignatius Harder accompany their friend, Matt Murray to Williamsburg /James City County, Virginia their holiday is interrupted when the body of Matt’s cousin, Noah, is found floating among a bevy of crab pots in the murky waters of the James River. The police determine that he was murdered. However, before they can investigate, a hurricane churning off the coast suddenly moves inland and sets its eye straight for James City County. Matt and his friends seek refuge in his cousin’s two-hundred year old mansion where ghostly inhabitants and inexplicable happenings are rumored to occur. As the hurricane rages the three men launch their own investigation into Noah’s death. In the course of their investigation, they inadvertently lay bare family secrets, deceit, and treachery—and discover the shocking identity of Noah Murray’s murderer.






Henrietta F. Ford grew up in the small village of Seaboard in eastern North Carolina. Her childhood endowed her with memories of dusty country roads, misty swamps, and miles of unspoiled beaches that serve as inspiration for her stories of mystery and suspense. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of North Carolina in Greensboro and graduate degrees from Middle Tennessee University. She enjoys gardening, genealogy research, and goes to the Outer Banks of North Carolina as often as possible. She lives with her husband in Williamsburg, VA.

For more about Henrietta Ford, how to purchase her books, and her calendar of events, visit her at http://mysite.verizon.net/jmaus1/

NOVEMBER 1st ARTISAN/AUTHOR LIST

Holiday Art Bazaar
Saturday November 1st ~ 10am-3pm
First Colony Clubhouse 125 Pasbehegh Williamsburg, VA 23185
Over 30 of the area's Finest Quality Artisans & 5 local authors in a friendly neighborhood setting!

Substantial Raffle baskets and door prizes offered by many participants!

Kid’s Corner- featuring Hay Rides & space for kids of all ages to create masterpieces of their own while parents browse!

Live Music from one of First Colony's own musicians, while you shop!

FlourCity Breads- Sumptious bread & baked goods by Allen Flint
Whimsies & What-Nots(tracybond.com) ~ Tracy Bond- Handmade and painted ceramic tiles, jewelry, plates, ornaments and Scout bags“ You dream it- Tracy can make it!” – personalized platters, plates, tiles for any occasion, Scout Bags(bungalowco.com)
Bartlebaby(bartlebaby.com) ~ Sheila Glennon, Kara von Behren & April Knowles’ hand-painted furniture, hair accessories, jewelry & belts in many colors & designs for all ages, photo/message boards, purses, baby items
Earth Rock Designs(earthrockdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com) ~ unique, eclectic & magnetic jewelry from Susan Thomas
James River Pottery ~ Sylvia Hunt *- Pottery, jewelry, wall tiles featuring River life
The SquashPatch ~ Donna Ashby’s quilted pet placemat’s and quilts, hand-painted gourds, baked goods
A Few of My Favorite Things ~ Jenny Pritchard*- multimedia paintings –many sizes & content, eclectic, colorful earrings
Henrietta Ford* ( mysite.verizon.net/jmaus1/)~ First Colony’s Mystery author of “When Sleeping Dogs Lie”, “Murder on the OBX”, & “The Hessian Link” available for purchase & signing
Rodney Taylor*~ First Colony’s Historical author will have copies of his 2 books for purchase & signing -"Growing up on Jamestown Island” & “ Images of America- Jamestown”
Virnell Bruce ~ local author of a 1 woman play “Shells- A Cameo of Anne Morrow Lindbergh”
Tony Williams~ local author of "Hurricane of Independence: The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the Deciding Moment of the American Revolution" available for signing from 10am -1pm
Ron Stiles~local author of 2 novels "Whispering Wind" & "The Black Queen"
Virginia's Finest Chocolates(www.chocolategifts.com)~ delectable chocolates,gift baskets, & logo cookies from Mary Griffith
Kelly Charles* Jewelry ~ hand -crafted Silver and beaded earrings and glass bangles from India
Kordek’s Creations ~ Cindy Kordek- embellished glassware, pedestal plates, keychains, other great hostess & teacher gifts, beautiful bows
for home décor or gifts
Anne Evans Jewelry(evansa@marykay.com) ~ hand designed jewelry creations and Mary Kay skin care
People,Pets & Places ~ amazing sketches,photography & paintings by Wendy Stark
Laura Meffley ~ hand designed necklaces, oil paintings
Capture this Moment Photografie(www.capturethismoment.com) ~ Jodi Barder ~ photographic artist, specializing in child & family photography
Ann Brown – Hailey ~ Jewelry & Friends of Debbie Relay for Life team ~ pink pearl earrings, bracelets, “Think Pink”- raffle basket
Bruce Long Woodworking ~ Hand turned ornaments & bowls - to intricate headboard list a few of his wooden treasures
Shelton Glassworks(sheltonglass.com)~ handblown glass creations from master glass blower - John Shelton
Divign Consign ~ designer clothing overstocks Trunk Show from baby to age 14 at incredible discounts offered by Megan Brewer
Joyous Glass(joyousglass.com) ~ Beautiful stained Glass Creations by Joy Gosselin
Creative Memories ~ by Alison Howell– kid’s & Mom’s may do a Fall or Holiday scrapbook page here!
Lisa Taylor ~ photography, wall décor, homemade jams, jellies
Leslie George ~ whimsical hairbows, clips, hairbow holders
Pampered Chef (pampereredchef.biz/sabrinacrocetta)~Sabrina Crocetta- practical cooking products, entertaining items, cookbooks
Highstrung Beaders ~ Susan Jankovic’s imported bead, silver and semi-precious stone necklaces
Susan Gootzait ~ hand- designed jewelry
Southern Living at Home(southernliving@home.com/jennifermurtha) ~ beautiful home décor, entertaining items, cookbooks & decorating books shown by Jennifer Murtha
Arbonne ~Skin care by Dianne Taylor*
Memory Card Photography~ Emily Krapf's local images as greeting cards or for framing
Beyond Boobs(beyondboobs.com)~ Young Breast Cancer Survivor's non-profit support group-have their 2009 Calendar for sale- "A Calendar to Love By"
Paula Peltier~ local artist working in a variety of mediums- preview her work at yessy.com/pelchay
Mary Sheridan~ handcrafted, personalized Christmas ornaments
Maggie Sheridan~lighted holiday lampposts
BeautiControl(beautipage.com/lrivera)~ beauty products by Luz Rivera
Questions? Email/call Shirley Vermillion- sjvermillion@cox.net ; 564-0955
* denotes First Colony Residents
Proceeds from Participant fees benefit First Colony’s Park/Pool improvement fund

Not in the mood for shopping yet???
ENJOY that evening with the Incredible Music of a Dynamic Duo ~ ME & JO (you MUST hear her amazing voice listen to sample songs at -http://www.meandjo.net/ ). They’ll be at the clubhouse to play for us from 5-9pm.
We’ll likely have a potluck and enjoy the start of the Holiday season with our friends & neighbors B4 we’re too busy with Thanksgiving & Christmas!
$5 for Adults & children 16 & older (we just have to cover band cost) Public invited to attend!
Questions…-Shirley Vermillion ~ sjvermillion@cox.net or 564-0955

Kid's Corner Projects

Raffle Items

Jenny Pritchard's Paintings

I love the colors & content of her vibrant art!
She creates
many sizes for all the folks on your gift list! Every painting has a story! Be sure & ask her about your painting's inspiration!

Jenny Pritchard - Some of her favorite things

The beautiful blue bowl was made by Jenny's husband -Peter-an
art teacher at Jamestown High
School. Maybe at some future date
he'll create some things for our
Bazaar! In the meantime he keeps
their 3 sons happy on the days prior
to & of the Bazaars! Eli, their oldest, enjoys creating these earrings and meeting the people that buy them. He spent the whole day of the last Bazaar with his mom at her table!

Kordek's Creation's

Kordek's Creation's

Kordek's Creation's

Whimsies & What-nots by Tracy Bond

whimsies and what-nots

by tracy bond

http://www.tracybond.com/

what Tracy does:

Tracy creates hand-made ceramic jewelry, tiles and gifts—to include: tiles, bowls, plates, spreaders, frames, crosses and more. Personalization is a bonus and can be done on ornaments, crosses, plates, platters and more to create a one-of-a-kind gift. Check out her website for examples!

Make an appointment with Tracy for your children to make holiday keepsakes with their hand-prints and foot-prints too! Appointments are brief: you choose a design and what you want it on: plates, platters, tissue box covers, cookie jars, etc….makes a great gift for grandma’s and grandpa’s. Tracy gets the prints and then she does the rest. Email Tracy at :tracybond2@cox.net for more information or to make an appt.

about Tracy:

Tracy grew up in Virginia and inherited much of her talent from her grandfather whose popular folk art continues to delight his family and friends. She graduated from Mary Baldwin College with an art/graphic design degree and teaching certification. She moved to Williamsburg with her husband 12+ years ago and continues to teach and create.

Once a part-time hobby, Tracy’s art is now a full-time business. Resigning from her art position at D.J. Montague, she now stays home with her daughter and works during nap-times and bed-times. Tracy also teaches art workshops, camps, etc.

Tracy’s experience as an elementary art teacher has inspired her use of bright colors and whimsical designs.

about the product:

Tiles, ornaments, jewelry and crosses and hand-cut, slowly dried, sanded and kiln fired. They are then glazed and fired a second time. Bright colors, meaningful words and phrases and images make any piece a super gift for anyone on your list!

All products are lead free and food safe!

Tracy appreciates your business and is happy to do custom orders, print appointments or personalized items.

Thanks for supporting local artists!!!

Buying a hand-made gift made locally
will make a long-lasting, meaningful gift.

Bartlebaby:



We have a few places where you can view some of our stuff online.

We have a tumblr account where we post things we are working on and ideas for new things. We also have a website, but we haven't gotten around to updating it in forever so don't have any of our jewelry, memo boards, or hair accessories on it.

Here are the links:

bartlebaby.tumblr.com

www.bartlebaby.com

Capture This Moment Photografie

Capture This Moment Photografie is especially excited this autumn because we're celebrating our first holiday season in our new studio in Toano.  We're located at 110-A Depot Street, behind the Corner Tack Shop.  Our calendar is filling up for Saturday fall portraits!  We can either photograph your children, senior or family in-studio or on-location.  Most families are choosing on-location since the scenery and weather will be gorgeous!  I, Jodi Barder, am the main photographer and have been photographing families for 8 years now.  My husband, Mike, is the second photographer at weddings and he handles all marketing for our studio.  We moved here 2 years ago from San Diego and are in love with Williamsburg.  Cheese is not in our vocabulary and as a mom of 4 small kids (Chantale' (7), Christiana (5), Alexandria (3) and Michael (6 months), I love to capture the emotion that each childhood stage brings.  We look forward to meeting you soon!

www.capturethismoment.com

SYLVIA HUNT- James River Pottery

Growing up in Tidewater, Virginia, I spent my youth on the Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean and the last 40 years on the James River. Living most of my life on the water and coming from generations of fisher-women, it is only natural that I create pottery
with nautical themes.

When time permits, I enjoy taking a departure from the nautical world and venture into
other art forms such as stained glass, fused glass, painting, woodworking and more
recently beading. Creating jewelry using a variety of beads and clay is a new challenge for me and the results have been fun and exciting.

Made of mud, clay, from the earth...whatever you choose to call it, pottery is my passion
and it is wonderful to create something that still involves skill and techniques that are
centuries old. Techniques that remind us that most of what we love is still created by the
works of our hands and imagination and not by mass production, automation and
duplication. I am one who loves to produce works of the heart as well as works of art.

Sylvia Hunt
James River Pottery

How it all began...

Living in Williamsburg has been great in so many ways- but since leaving Seattle in 2001- I've felt a bit starved(to say the least) for art, music, food & entertainment samplings so available in the Pacific Northwest,as in most big cities, at Street fairs and festivals of all types throughout the year! Even with the Seattle drizzle-spring , summer & fall festivals ABOUND in the area- at least one within short driving distance each weekend.There was the Sunday Market in a neighborhood called Fremont- that would move inside a refurbished warehouse for shelter from the elements during the winter months. Each neghborhood has at least one street fair throughout the year, complete with it's own vendors, restaurants/food vendors that set up tents to sell their tasty wares, artisans of all varieties, music of all types, jugglers, other street performers(some mime, others dance or perform a magic show...) All of these festivals are very kid- friendly- & have several craft areas for children. Certainly there are Many of such events around Virginia- but a very minimal amount of such in Williamsburg! The fact that we have 4 boys, aged 2-10, hasn't made my quest for art any easier the last few years! How many galleries or concert venues are set up to accomodate children? :) But I really enjoy the arts, and love to expose my boys to whatever music,art, culture I can, when I can! I'd been making mental notes for several years on all the talented folks I'd been meeting...wishing there was a smaller, less formal -kid friendly event(or several) in town where artisans could show(&sell) their wares,musicans could play their music, kid's could run & play & create some art of their own if they wanted, some food could be enjoyed, neighbors & new friends could be met in a friendly setting. I decided that our neighborhood clubhouse would be a good place to start such an event. The 1st First Colony Art Bazaar took place on Sat March 15th between 10-4. It was well attended, clubhouse space was a bit too tight(I wanted everyone participating to be able to be inside & under cover...) but it was a lovely event in spite of that! Wonderful artists & vendors displayed their art, books,wares... some money was raised for charities(Relay for Life & Operation Smile) and interest was generated for a similar summer event. The Summmer Art Bazaar was planned for Saturday June 28th from 9-3. It was a hot day - but several brave artisans & vendors set up outside the clubhouse under shade canopies, great support was shown for all artisans from the community, neighborhood and neighborhood swim team! We placed an ad the Wed B4 the event in our local paper, they'd given us a nice location in the paper, and had rated us one of the Top 10 things to do that weekend in Williamsburg!A good amount of Money was raised to go toward the purchase of a new sturdy, attractive shade structure for our neighborhood pool-via raffle baskets, and food sales! This event featured some wonderful new artisans, and another neighborhood author, who had committed to supporting the event even though his wedding was taking place the following day -Sunday June 29th, 2008! A majority of these same artisans and many more will be at the Holiday Art Bazaar on Saturday, November 1st from 10am-3pm. Most of the participants will be outside this time, as some of our most seasoned artisans have asked to have more space to do their full Holiday displays inside the clubhouse! We look forward to a lovely fall day, great browsing & shopping for everyone who comes to sample these amazing talents in Williamsburg! Feel free to shop with children- there's plenty for them to do, while you peruse the possibilities of completing your holiday shopping lists! SHOW IS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

That evening there's music planned - a voice to delight all ears! ME & JO - a varied, dynamic acoustic duo will play at the clubhouse(outside -weather permitting). You can listen to sample songs at meandjo.net.Tickets are $5 for adults & children 16 & older. Our goal is to meet band cost- any excess after that go to the First Colony's Neighborhood's ongoing Park/Pool Revitalizing fund! We're happy to share this wonderful duo with the families of surrounding neighborhoods, and any folks in the community looking for great music in an informal, neighborhood setting! Bring potluck item or your own picnic dinner, chairs, or blanket.

Hopefully artists will be able to post links to their websites, some photos of their work, bios, etc...so you can pass the news about this great gathering of artisans to your friends in the area!