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Richard Wells: The Founder of this Magazine Looks Back

Usually our Mountain Q & A asks multiple questions. For this 35th anniversary issue we’ve asked our founder and publisher just one: Would you tell us about the background, conception and realization of Blue Ridge Country?
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Singing in the Garden: Garden Party

"My garden threw a party, the bees by hundreds came. They kissed her so completely that she never was the same." —Ginny Neil
Ashtabula Plantation houses Pendleton history.

A Synergy of What Was and What Can Be: ‘All Roads Lead to Pendleton’

Two hundred years ago, the upstate South Carolina town of Pendleton was the place to live. Today, it’s thriving in new and history-rich ways.
Lake James is a 3,700-acre impoundment.

A North Carolina Summer Gem: Walking Lake James State Park

"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken." — James Dent
Local tomatoes, peaches, fresh mozzarella, prosciutto and basil make up a summertime salad at 1010 Bridge.

Fine Dining, West Virginia Style: A Little Loud is Cool

Charleston natives bring this three-year-old West Virginia restaurant from the stresses of COVID to the acclaim of the James Beard Awards.
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