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Roger Canada has been published by the Sierra Club, Mountain Trail Press and the Great Smoky Mountains Association, besides work over the years in Blue Ridge Country.

Remembering Norma Vecellio Lugar, 1934-2010

Julyan Davis, Painter

Julyan Davis is an English-born artist who now lives in the United States. He was born in 1965 and received his art training at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London.

Where Sheepdogs Rule

The National Sheepdog Trials Finals will be held in September in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and offer viewers telling glimpses of these swift, gentle, complex, difficult dogs.

Peggy Root, Painter

Born in 1958, Peggy Root grew up in Florida and North Carolina. She studied at Ringling School of Art and Design (1977-1980), and studied figure painting and anatomy at Lyme Academy of Fine Art in Old Lyme, Connecticut (1984-1987).

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Morning fog hovers low in Tennessee's Cades Cove.

Morning Light

Roger Canada has been published by the Sierra Club, Mountain Trail Press and the Great Smoky Mountains Association, besides work over the years in Blue Ridge Country.
Norma Lugar

Remembering Norma Vecellio Lugar, 1934-2010

Julyan Davis

Julyan Davis, Painter

Julyan Davis is an English-born artist who now lives in the United States. He was born in 1965 and received his art training at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London.
Craig Rogers runs 400-ewe Border Springs Farm in Virginia. His dogs have won national honors.

Where Sheepdogs Rule

The National Sheepdog Trials Finals will be held in September in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, and offer viewers telling glimpses of these swift, gentle, complex, difficult dogs.
Peggy Root, Painter

Peggy Root, Painter

Born in 1958, Peggy Root grew up in Florida and North Carolina. She studied at Ringling School of Art and Design (1977-1980), and studied figure painting and anatomy at Lyme Academy of Fine Art in Old Lyme, Connecticut (1984-1987).
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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.

June 29, 2026
©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.

June 29, 2026
Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

June 29, 2026

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