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The Tuckahoe has been open for 30 years.

Hornet Dogs at the Tuckahoe

The sense of family, place and kinship is such that if the owners don’t know you when you walk in, “we’ll investigate until we do.”
Frank Norris's grandfather made this wooden train for Frank's father, in about 1917.

My Grandfather Made His Own…

From musical instruments to moonshine, from furniture to horseshoes, our readers’ grandfathers were a busy lot.
Judy Carson watering the restored garden late in the day in early June.

Saving the Good Stuff

A small memorial garden gets a new life 15 years later.
Simple drawings have come to be a way to recognize what each day affords.

The Gift of Days

Simple drawings have come to be a way to recognize what each day affords, whether it invokes joy or weepiness.
Recommended for gardeners, seasoned or otherwise: caging Bright Lights Chard and other critter favorites.

25 Gardening Tips Late Winter through Spring (March-June)

As with most any undertaking, you get out of a garden what you put into it.

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At Coopers Rock State Forest, new Stargazer cabins invite guests to look up through skylights and telescopes.
Country Roads

Even Closer to Almost Heaven

New Stargazer cabins at Coopers Rock State Forest offer a skyward escape in the mountains of West Virginia.

©Duncan Seaman
Country Roads

A Mountain Tradition Turns 90 

Visitors flock to Galax, Virginia, each summer for the Old Fiddlers’ Convention, a days-long celebration of Appalachian music.

Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

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