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In New Market, Lee-Harris, Chadwick and others 1 formed a cooperative called the Valley Network, which still exists today. The cooperative began with food, and then expanded to education and the arts.
In 1986, Lee-Harris moved to Markham, Va. and opened her office in Middleburg. She was still an integral part of the Valley Network. At this time, she began working with horses as well as humans.
Lee-Harris says, “I love them more than the people. Kinesthetically, they’re more aware than people, the sense of touch and the knowledge of the body in motion. Horses were some of my best teachers.”
But in 1988, Lee-Harris wanted to adopt another child. In order to do this, she had to phase out the horses. She remembers, “I had to create a nest. I had to focus in on what my priorities were.”
Adoption akin to subdivision plan
Lee-Harris sees the adoption process as akin to the development of her subdivision project, “I adopted three times and the list is rigorous of things you have to do and provide for. It is a finite list and once its done, its done. But I can’t seem to find the list in Rappahannock County to do what has to be done.”
“I think what makes it hard for me: I am an environmentalist to the zenith. If you would read my journal for the past 20 years it says “dear earth mother” in every entry.”
“What the neighbors have finally succeeded to do hbre is not as great as the first plan. By demanding that I change it and change it and change it to some format they say they want and then deny it. Ultimately, I’m being kind to the bears first and the neighbors Second. I was trying to take care of the neighbors by putting all the growth inside the forested area.”
“They’ve enjoyed the land for the past 20 years. They love walking through it. They love the land. They don’t want anything to happen to this land. And if it wasn’t for Virginia (Cloud), we wouldn’t be doing this.”
Two and a half years ago, Lee-Harris bought the property at 31 Main Street in Sperryville. There, she developed her business as a “wholistic” health practitioner and massage therapist. But now Lee-Harris is in semi-retirement. All of her energy is focused on her plan for a community or, at least, subdivisions for her family.
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