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John Owen

John Owen, Woodcarver

Carter Holliday

Carter Holliday, Potter

My name’s Carter Holliday, and I’m 58 years old, and I’m living in Floyd, Va. on a beautiful mountaintop, with a beautiful meadow, and, uh, on kinda a warm, humid day.
Sculptor & Metallurgist

Lee Sauder, Sculptor & Metallurgist

Lee Sauder, a sculptor and blacksmith/metallurgist at Woods Creek Forge on McLaughlin Street, first began working with iron 33 years ago at the age of 12. He apprenticed for Larry Mann, owner of Woods Creek Forge, and then went on to work in shops fr
Jayne Avery

Jayn Avery, Potter

My name is Jayn Avery. I’m a potter, and a resident of Floyd 26 years.

Ward Nichols, Painter

Ward Nichols, already into the conversation before we started recording: …the coalfields of southern West Virginia. My wife was a North Carolina girl and I moved down here after being here often with her family, liked it, stayed, she died, and a good

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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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