January 2021

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The Good Mountain Mutt – DID YOU HEAR THAT?

Dogs are sensitive to changes in barometric pressure, so they’re aware of an approaching storm long before you are.
Jon Davenport: “I am kind of biased with salamanders. I mean, they are everywhere, but people just don’t realize how special it is to find one, and to see so many different ones, especially in the Appalachians.”

Of Science and ‘Spring Lizards’: The Joy of Salamanders

Jon Davenport is so enamored with the amphibians that he has his three daughters on a life quest to find a 10th species at their own house.
John Jardine Gross

Guest Column: Look up in Silence at the Stars

John Jardine Goss is president of the Roanoke Valley (Virginia) Astronomical Society, and past president of the Astronomical League, the nation’s largest federation of astronomical societies.
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Could Peas, Pork and Peanuts Be the Keys to a Promising 2021?

These recipes and the rituals associated with them bring hope for prosperity, good luck and longevity.

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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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