Overleaf
In my study of bookmaking, I learned a new word. Overleaf. An adverb, meaning on the other side of a page (a leaf) of a book. In practicality, this might look like the words I scribble on the back of an image (the date, location, subject or some other anecdote). The stories are explained in detail overleaf.
Taken in West Point, Virginia, on the last weekend of summer, these pictures are a bittersweet good-bye to the season. In this small town, the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers meet up to form the York River. The paper mill is the town’s largest industry and the entire town has as distinctive odor associated with the process. Dave and I have vivid memories of West Point as we drove through this town on the journey from our hometown of Colonial Beach to and from Williamsburg where we both attended The College of William & Mary. Neither of us were experienced drivers at the time, and highway driving was a foreign concept. So, we took the back roads from Colonial Beach to Montross to Tappahannock, on to Central Garage and Westpoint, and finally Williamsburg. The landscape was our map and each mile was marked by either the expectations of a new semester or the anticipation of a home-cooked meal and hugs from our mothers.