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Blue Ridge Country brings together a collective of writers and photographers for our newest blog, Word & Image, a web journal of travels, pictures, observations, reviews and stories, from the pens and lenses of accomplished, award-winning (and even a New York Times-bestselling) contributors.

New River Float: Ivanhoe to Foster Falls

New River Float: Ivanhoe to Foster Falls

The National Committee for the New River organized a float this summer from Boone, N.C. to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton paddled along and dropped a line whenever he found a wireless connection; this is his last installment. Thornton's work on the river was made possible in part by a grant from The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge.


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Conservation at Camp Dickenson

Conservation at Camp Dickenson

The National Committee for the New River is floating from Boone, N.C. to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton is paddling along and dropping a line whenever he can find a wireless connection. Thornton's w...

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Floating the New

Floating the New

The National Committee for the New River is floating from Boone, NC to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton is paddling along and dropping a line whenever he can find a wireless connection. Thornton's wor...

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Photography Programs and a Mad Cat

Photography Programs and a Mad Cat

Photographer Laura Moul spent a month at West Virginia's Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge . This is the third installation of a journal of her stay appearing in our Word & Image blogs...

May 15 to 21, 2010.

As resident photographer at the refuge, my ...

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Photographing West Virginia Wilderness

Photographing West Virginia Wilderness

Photographer Laura Moul spent a month at West Virginia's Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge . A journal of her stay will appear in the next few Word & Image blogs...

May 8-14, 2010.

Another week enjoying the beauty of Canaan Valley. Seeing fields of wi...

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A Month at Canaan

A Month at Canaan

For the month of May I will be the photographer in residence at Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge . I'm excited to able to spend so much time in the mountains. I will be giving programs, having a solo exhibit and doing activities for the refuge.

Ca...

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Big Art in Point Pleasant

Big Art in Point Pleasant

 

I went to Point Pleasant, W.Va. to check out Mothman, an A-list monster that appeared there in the 1960s – and in a Richard Gere movie 40 years later. I was impressed with Mothman's stainless steel, bulging muscle, anatomically correct statue in the m...
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