January 2020

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Guest Column: ‘Holding Space’ at The Floyd Country Store

Dylan Locke has been producing music, performing arts and educational outreach programs for the last 30 years. He is the co-owner of the 100-year-old Floyd Country Store in Floyd, Virginia, along with his wife, Heather Krantz.
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Su’s Hiking Energy Bombs

Justin McVey, here at work with cubs as part of an N.C. State/N.C. Wildlife Commission project, talks about bears: “They’re super-adaptable and really smart. If there’s a bear in a habitat with a lot of people, it learns where the food sources are and how to get into a trash can readily.”

Big Guy, Big Animals: A Lifetime of Care for Creatures

Wildlife biologist Justin McVey loves working with critters—the larger, the better.
First light paints the mountains near a wind-shaped oak on Max Patch in North Carolina.

Photo Essay: Loving on the Cold

Hey, let’s not short the cold season, hard as it may be to step outside into it. Our contributing photographers certainly brave the elements, and are back with the beautiful proof.
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A Generous Serving of Snow

Lucy Van Pelt: I never eat December snow[flakes]. I always wait ‘til January. Linus Van Pelt: They sure look ripe to me. —Charles Schultz

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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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