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The pawpaw has been a regional staple for people from Native Americans through Lewis and Clark and George Washington to present-day farms, restaurant specialties and even ice cream.

The Mysterious, Magical Pawpaw: Tropical Taste in a Temperate Climate

The fruit—called everything from “hillbilly mango” to “West Virginia banana”—seems to be getting more of the respect it deserves.
Bruce Ingram’s Granddaddy Willie kneels in the garden he created at a retirement home. Beside him is his great-granddaughter Sarah when she was three. Sarah is now 39 with two children.

Landed Once More: A Loss Endured and a Promise Kept

What, really, did a 10-year-old boy know about the world in telling his grandfather what he’d do when he grew up? Turns out, quite a bit.
A bald eagle soars over the Holston River in Hawkins County, Tennessee while taking a break from incubating its eggs.

Eagle Watch in East Tennessee: A Species Comes Back

Our writer/photographer’s boyhood fascination with bald eagles has become a lifetime hobby.
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.
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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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