I chose the name not because of my age, not as old as it makes me seem.
Rather I grew up in the old Virginia where doors were never locked, manners were of utmost importance and everyone worked.
Extremely few people worked on Sunday, businesses were closed half days Wednesday and Saturday, and drinking was frowned upon.
The Virginia where I was related, by blood or marriage, to half the people in the county. The Virginia where “setting out” was still practiced instead of dating.
Virginians Robert E Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson and JEB Stuart were held in as high regard as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry.
Yes, there was Jim Crow and segregation so there was bad with the good.
All in all it was a better time and place.
It sounds wonderful. I lived in Virginia as a child for a few happy years. :)