Tim Jon

Just like nothing (else) on Earth: the old Ashburn Fire House

March 23, 2021

By Tim Jon One of my favorite memories of my Dad is watching him run from our family car to catch (on foot, guys!) and jump onto a departing Fire Truck; we’d just been to the local Dairy Queen for after-dinner ice-milk treats, when the fire whistle blew (this was decades before the pager, the…

Church’s Store

March 3, 2021

By Tim Jon It didn’t look like it was closed for repair; the place appeared to be in suspended animation, commerce-wise – perhaps awaiting the machinery of real estate. The one “Live Bait” sign on a front window was outnumbered by several “No Trespassing” placards in prominent spots about the structure. The once-proud sign out…

Market Station

January 6, 2021

By Tim Jon Yeah – it was those balconies that got me; no, I’m not simpering about losing my heart on Bourbon Street: I’m just going back, about 20 years or more, to the first time I walked into the courtyard area at Market Station in Downtown Leesburg. A group of ‘theatre people’ took that…

Fireman’s Field

December 2, 2020

I have reached a conclusion: I definitely prefer the world as seen from within the Park’s boundaries to that of the ‘real’ outside. Perhaps one day, I shall just stay here. Having – literally –  driven past the borders of Fireman’s Field Park in Purcellville hundreds of times (the local landmark lies between the Town’s…

Hillside Park

November 4, 2020

By Tim Jon Not everyone likes surprises – I’ve come to find; perhaps ironically enough, I seem to actually enjoy change – even upheaval and turmoil – more and more as I advance in years. Now, having written quite a large number of stories in this series over the past decade and more, you can…

Gilbert’s Corner

September 30, 2020

BY TIM JONIt’s imperative – it seems to me – that, as you head into a crossroads, you possess some type of knowledge or desire regarding your destination or chosen direction upon exiting this physical transition. I guess in simpler (Yogi Berra-inspired) terms – “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”…