When we visited Mount Vernon and Pope’s Creek, along with one of my sister’s and her husband, in February of 2012. The nearby gristmill was closed for the season, but we wanted to give it a brief look.
My sister and I were peeking in the windows, when we were spotted by the millstone dresser, who just happened to be inside that day working on the stone.
He invited us inside, and the 4 of us wound up getting a tour and learning about mills and about his craft. This man was just fascinating and passionate about his work. He travels a good deal, as there are not too many millstone dressers around these days, apparently. He had been working at a mill in France prior to this project.
Delightful serendipity we had that day.
Nice.