2019

David Arthur Ramsey

Guest Column, David Arthur Ramsey: Preserving a Hidden Jewel

David Arthur Ramsey is an outdoor photographer, writer and conservationist, born and raised in Unicoi County, Tennessee.
There are hints in this sequence of Kurt Rheinheimer’s brilliant (!)deploying of his rain tarp of what it takes to stop for a great lunch in any season: See silly cap, jillion-dollar rain jacket, waterproof boots and red pack cover still protecting Gail Rheinheimer’s pack contents.

From the Editor: Every Day’s a Great Day for a Picnic

If you have the gear and the goodies, the context and the companion, there’s no reason that every lunch in the woods shouldn’t be a full delight.
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Singing in the Garden: The Perfect Plan

The best laid plans are the ones you can find again. —Ginny
The peaks and ridges of Rocky Fork and Rich Mountain are viewed here from Unicoi County’s Unaka Mountain Overlook.

Rocky Fork – Preserved!

The book “Rocky Fork: Hidden Jewel of the Blue Ridge,” by David Arthur Ramsey, with photos by Ramsey and Jerry D. Greer, celebrates the long process of preservation of some 10,000 acres on the border of Unicoi and Greene counties in Tennessee.
This was the look of the raised beds less than a month after they were built.

Flavors: Pleasures and Promise … Two Raised Beds

How one couple reconnected with their roots, went outside to play and realized the full joys of getting your hands into the soil.

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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