November 2019

10/26/19: Good dog Cookie takes a break for lunch on the Chestnut Ridge Loop Trail.

Kurt’s Hikes: October, 2019

Brand New Trail, and a Pair of Richmond Hikes New to Us
The last light of sunset illuminates a sparkling layer of rime ice on Spy Rock near Montebello on Virginia’s Appalachian Trail.

Photo Essay: Fall Gives Way

It’s that first afternoon that feels like snow. That westerly breeze that leaves no doubt a new season is about to arrive. Our contributing photographers were there to capture it.
Silversmith Margaret Parker displays her diverse creations of jewelry as a juried member of the Dogwood Crafters Co-op in Dillsboro, North Carolina. Her pieces include necklaces, earrings bracelets, rings, and pendants.

Hand Made in the Mountains: Margaret Parker

“Making jewelry is really and truly something I love to do,” states Margaret Parker, North Carolina silversmith. “And I work in my basement,” she says with a smile.
Designs shown here, some at various stages of completion, are the products of the guild members’ creativity, imagination and research.

Hand Made in the Mountains: Kathay Pegram

The bedcover we know as a quilt is much more than the sum of its parts. In the Southern mountains, and across the globe, quilters hold a sacred place as documentarians of culture.
Byron Young, president of the West Virginia Mountaineer Woodturners, explains the different types of wood lathes at their workshop.

Hand Made in the Mountains: Byron Young

Young has been turning wood for 50 years. “I was a medic in the Air Force back in the 1960s, and now I’m telling my age,” he says with a laugh. “It seems like I’ve always worked with wood, and I’ve really gotten into it in the last 20 years or so.”
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