It was always the same: a great wedge of papaya with limes, a crisp thin omelette with green chilis mixed in, two slices of inch-thick white-bread toast, a dollop of red jelly and of margarine, and a pot of coffee with milk.

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To learn more about this mushrooming world of senior entrepreneurs, I lured the dynamic Elizabeth Isele, co-founder of the non-profit SeniorEntrepreneurshipWorks to sit down with me at the Thornton River Grille in bucolic Sperryville, VA for a breakfast of French toast and coffee on Friday.

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The fare is traditional British, with colonial breakfast classics such as kedgeree alongside smoked salmon and toast or scones and jam, all of which can be washed down with a pot of tea, expertly prepared coffee -- or even wine if you wish to haul the experience back across the channel to France.

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