March 2024

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Childhood Fears

Turns out they lessen, but re-emerge in adult versions.
Eppa Rixey’s 1933 baseball card.

From the Editor: Eppa Rixey – Best Name for Springtime?

The springtimes of boyhood were framed around baseball for me, from playing every day to rooting passionately every day for the hometown Baltimore Orioles.
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The Mountain Q&A – Tammie Nazario: Director, Kentucky Wildlands

A true daughter of Southeast Kentucky, she grew up biking and “running the creeks” in rural Stearns. Today, she is the head of a growing nonprofit and leading the effort to make this 41-county region the state’s first National Heritage Area.
Princeton’s past, present and future are captured in dozens of street murals.

Princeton, West Virginia: A Come-Together Place Where Everyone is Welcome

Princeton was built by the Virginian Railway . . . and it’s being rebuilt with strategic, artistic grace.
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Singing in the Garden: Dandelion Freckles

Spring is sporting jaunty speckles. My lawn has dandelion freckles. ~Ginny Neil

Departments

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

CALENDAR OF EVENTS