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Blue Ridge Country magazine editor at large (and former editor) Cara Ellen Modisett grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and was introduced to the magazine by her uncle, an attorney and photographer, when she was in college.
After graduating from James Madison University in 1998, she took an internship at Blue Ridge Country and joined the staff a few months later. She is presently pursuing an MFA in creative nonfiction; besides her work at Blue Ridge Country she is a reporter for WVTF public radio, a performing classical pianist and on adjunct faculty at Community High School in Roanoke.
Online, you can reach Cara through email, cmodisett@leisurepublishing.com, and on Twitter, @caramodisett. Offline, she lives in Roanoke, VA with her husband and their two cats.
Note to self: when going on television, wear something with a lapel or a pocket, or both.
Last week I was back in the studios of Blue Ridge PBS for their winter 2009 pledge drive, and after some entertaining and acrobatic microphone placement maneuvers, enjoyed a very nice talk with Kate Foreman, vice president of advancement at the station, about the magazine, the Civil War, photographers, stories about square dancing and the cover of our January/February issue.
The International Regional Magazine Association (IRMA) has announced the winners of its 2009 competition and Blue Ridge Country has come away with three awards for 2008 stories. Recognitions were announced at IRMA's annual conference, in Santa Fe, New Me...
"National Parks: America's Best Idea" premiered on PBS last week. Prior to its airing, I talked with its creator, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, about his new documentary and about his 1990 film, "The Civil War." Portions of this interview aired o...
I checked my watch before heading into the coffee shop. I have 20 minutes before class , I thought to myself. Plenty of time – it's just across the street.
And caught myself. It's been a long time since I've thought a thought like that… I've got 20 minut...
Through the panes of glass, the mesh of screen, beyond a stand of trees, over a hill and next to the rustic timberframe and stone of the about-to-be-opened new lodge at Primland , I can see a tall silver tower, scaffolding wrapped around the observatio...
I'm not sure which letter I didn't understand in "ATV" but found out early this afternoon.
I drove up U.S. 221 this morning from Roanoke to Floyd , then Route 8 up to the Blue Ridge Parkway , then south to Meadows of Dan, through a little town called Vest...
The first harbingers of fall: The students are coming back to school, packing cars and heading to Virginia Tech and Radford University and Roanoke College and Hollins, meeting roommates and buying textbooks. I miss being a student at this time of yea...
The Fool in the Woods, aka Blue Ridge Country editor in chief Kurt Rheinheimer, is back with more great woodland information and secrets, this time reporting on how Virginia's Devil's Marbleyard was formed.
See Kurt's Hikes Blog.
