One Year

Written By J.R. Dunmore

Today marks the first anniversary of the launch of Virginia Gentry Magazine. It has been a wild year, and a rewarding one. There are many things that we accomplished that I wouldn’t have dreamed of, and other things that I felt certain we would do that eluded us. Such is life, I suppose.

For those who don’t know, Virginia Gentry Magazine is run solely by me, your chief editor. However, it would be a great disservice to our many contributors to say that this is a one-man show. To all our contributors, past, present, and future, thank you for joining with us to further the cause of Southern Culture and preserve her beautiful history.

I also want to thank our many readers for their participation in this project. If not for you, we would be writing into the void. So, thank you for reading.

To another great year! God bless you all. — J.R. Dunmore

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Post Script

There are a few things I need to say as we come upon this anniversary. Time is not so plentiful for me as it was when the magazine was founded. I stand in amazement at what has changed in the year since we started this magazine. You have been patient with me when work and home life have become hectic, and still stuck around to see what we would publish, and I am eternally grateful for it. For those who are concerned about these words, I don’t want to alarm you; there is no plan to end the magazine, but I do have to ask for more grace in this regard.

Since the birth of my second child, things have been much busier than anticipated, and my family is still patiently waiting to move into our new home. We should have been in before Christmas of 2024, but we are just now getting to the point where we think we will actually be moving. Dealing with the delays and details of building this house has been consuming. For this, I apologize.

However, there is something more pressing: my current job wants to promote me in the not-so-distant future. By all means, this is welcome, but with it comes even less time to write and manage the magazine.

As of right now, I have a handful of books to review that I am trying to work through as much as time permits. To those who have sent me books to review, I do apologize for the delay. Things have been exceptionally busy here on the home front. The reviews will be written! If I could only find the time to read and write regularly. As soon as life permits, they will be published. One of which has already been started.

Going forward, there may be changes to the regularity of the articles and essays, again, for this I apologize, but my family needs me more than the magazine at present.

I do hope that this message doesn’t scare anyone away. We aren’t going anywhere. For those who took the time to read this, thank you. — J.R.