November 2020

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Singing in the Garden: Three Times Warm

I call woodcutting work, but it is really pleasure disguised as work. The skies are high and blue. The air is crisp. Woodpeckers pound and squirrels scold.
The Masonic Amphitheatre was built in partnership with Virginia Tech students.

If Not Now, When? Reimagining Your Life in a Small Town

The mountains are full of population-5,000ish towns that offer the promise of, well, genuine small-town charm and welcome.
The battle took place on Green River Road on a cold winter day.

Keeping History and Nature Alive: Cowpens National Battlefield

The South Carolina site of the Revolutionary War battle makes for an easy and informative walk.
5 weeks old: Ahuli gives Unalii a little love bite during play as Takoda passes by.

Bonding With Gray Wolves: Proud Puppy “Parent” Looks Back

During the springs of 2014 and 2015, our writer was part of a group of volunteers bringing two sets of gray wolf pups to eastern Tennessee.

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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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