November 2024

Elaine and Bruce celebrate the Christmas of 2014 with each other and their family.

Gifts of the Land: Speaking of Christmas

The decades have provided annual markers for a marriage and a life.
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A Sparkling Lie

The holiday letter can go one way. Or the other.
The late Bob Kinsey sits beneath the Roanoke Star in 2014 at age 89.

From the Editor: Stars of Our Town

We’re about to celebrate one of our favorite things here in our mountain town of Roanoke, Virginia.
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The Mountain Q&A – Tom Bailey: Executive Director of the Southern Highland Craft Guild

Tom Bailey is leading the second-oldest craft organization in America toward its 100th birthday with big dreams for its future in multiple locations.
Frances Goodrich’s pony was named Cherokee.

Weaving a Legacy

How a Yale-educated missionary preserved a fast-fading tradition in the mountains of western North Carolina.

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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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