Ridgelines
Recent Stories
The Train to Maryland
No more steam locomotives, except scenic excursion trains, but Amtrak is still a wonderful way to travel and I go by train any chance I get. Read more
Weekend Words: Madeleine L'Engle and the Tooth Fairy
Weekend Words: Madeleine L'Engle and the Tooth Fairy Read more
Music, Mosquitoes and Memories
Itβs been a year since I last heard that fall sound, the sound of my youth, floating on the cooling air in our neighborhood of an afternoon, before the leaves have started changing but after the sky has started taking on its crisp, colder blue. Read more
Cara Ellen Modisett
Autumn Drives in June, Part 2
The second trip I made β in June β for fall drives β was into West Virginia, along a route that can intersect with the Virginia highlands route as well. Read more
Cara Ellen Modisett
Autumn Drives in June
It's June, and I've been working on a story for our September/October issue... on fall drives. Read more