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March 2020

The view from Fullers Rocks onto the James River and, beyond on the horizon, Apple Orchard Mountain.

Hikes, March 2020

Walking through the month the world changed
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Birds of the Blue Ridge: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Over 350 species of hummingbirds have been documented in the New World, their only home address on the planet. Seventeen nest in the United States. Yet in the Blue Ridge we see but one – the ruby-throated hummingbird.
Biscuit is long-since potty-trained.

The Good Mountain Mutt: Potty Training 101

One of the topics I am asked about most is potty training. The joy of having a new puppy can slam right into the reality of stepping in a pee puddle.
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Visiting Tennessee While Staying Home

The threat of coronavirus has many people in our country staying home and avoiding travel, but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy some new explorations.
These five Wytheville children were transported to Roanoke Hospital, where they breathed with the assistance of the hospital’s iron lungs.

Wytheville’s ‘Summer Without Children’

What was it that caused one little Virginia mountain town to suddenly find itself faced, in the summer of 1950, with 200 cases of polio amid a population of just 5,500?
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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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