March 2021

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From The Editor: Foodies in the Forest

It’s all about the lunch.
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Mill Creek Stories: A Contemplation on Soul Food

What is soul food? I am no food scientist, but I have been eating my whole life and I’ve developed some ideas.
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Book Notes: Jacob’s Ladder

Donald McCaig. (W.W. Norton & Company, 1998; Penguin Books, 1999) 525 pp.
A variety of the cuckoo bee was apparently attracted by new flowers appearing after fires in the Smokies.

New Bee in the Smokies

The insect becomes the 21,081st species discovered in one of the most bio-rich places on Earth.
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Skywatch, March-April 2021

In the warmer early evenings of March and April, look to the south for the three bright stars known as the Winter Triangle.

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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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