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November 8, 2021

At Loafer’s Glory in Pendleton County, West Virginia, de Graauw’s work revealed new facts about the barn and house, and about the forest that provided the logs.

Dendroarchaeology Strikes: All the Forest in a Barn

Kristen de Graauw’s passion is learning the age of the wood in old structures, thus unlocking mysteries about the people who built them.
Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle. Scribner, 2005. 288 pp.

Book Note: The Glass Castle

It’s not often I recommend an audiobook as the way through a book. ... But “The Glass Castle” is an exception.
The City of Radford, Virginia now has a new spot from which observers can watch both trains and birds.

Train & Bird Views in Radford, Virginia

Freight trains snake through Radford, VA, at least a dozen times every day. But few people paid attention to the trains until town tourism director Deb Cooney suggested building a train (and bird) viewing platform.
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Skywatch, November / December 2021: The Moon Joins Two Evening Stars

Two bright evening stars command the early evening sky in the second half of fall.

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