It’s good that I’m not superstitious. Throughout my go to to Richmond, Virginia final week, I knocked over the salt (and pepper) at breakfast, wheeled underneath a ladder and, upon arriving on the Poe Museum, crossed paths with not one however two black cats.

Although I made jokes about Edgar Allan Poe’s curse of misfortune rubbing off on me at each alternative, I actually did have an exquisite journey — my first go to to Virginia’s capital metropolis since kindergarten.

The Poe Museum, housed inside Richmond’s oldest remaining residential constructing, was made partially accessible utilizing a collection of moveable wheelchair ramps owned by the museum. By means of the displays which function the creator’s authentic notes, furnishings and different possessions, I used to be in a position to be taught a lot extra about his life and legacy than I had beforehand recognized.

I left the museum impressed to discover extra of Poe’s writing — past The Raven, and some quick tales that I had been uncovered to at school. I’ve since ordered a hardcover copy of the Biggest Works of Edgar Allan Poe, and look ahead to discovering one thing new over a cup of espresso on the weekends.

Richmond Area Tourism invited me to go to with the purpose of growing accessible journey assets not just for readers such as you, but in addition for the disabled athletes who will converge on town in April for the Nationwide Wheelchair Basketball Championships. The town is working laborious to arrange for these vital guests, and I had the chance to deal with a gathering of the area’s resort managers.

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