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Geoghegan’s “Dining In and Dining Out,” and Grace Firth’s “Stillroom Cookery.”
As a community project, Joyce also sells Rappahannock County t-shirts for Washington's Volunteer Fire Department and maps and books for the Rappahannock County Historical Society.
The artists and craftspeople who are Rush River see the cooperative as a growing concent. "People like the store. Every year, we get fuller and fuller with better and better crafts," Peter said.
“We have three rooms upstairs that some day we’d like to see as part of the store," he continued. "But first, we need to do more business and we need to attract more quality artists and craftspeople who want to display their wares."
If there's one disappointment that members of the cooperative feel it’s that most local people have never even visited Rush River.
“It’s really a shame,” Joyce remarked. “When they shop here or just stop in, they become part of the craft world. They’re really participating in the arts and crafts and it’s a nice world to be in. We’re not limited to the old or to the new—just to things that are beautiful and pleasing. There’s a special quality about Rush River. You know people are alive and working and contributing without it being a big merchandising effort and I like that...Rush River is more than a store. It’s a way to live rather than just a store,” she added.
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This Saturday, December 5. Rush River will hold its annual Christmas open house from noon until 5 p.m. Many of the artists and craftspeople who are members of the cooperative will be there and refreshments will be served.
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