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Book Note: The Glass Castle

It’s not often I recommend an audiobook as the way through a book. ... But “The Glass Castle” is an exception.

Train & Bird Views in Radford, Virginia

Freight trains snake through Radford, VA, at least a dozen times every day. But few people paid attention to the trains until town tourism director Deb Cooney suggested building a train (and bird) viewing platform.

Skywatch, November / December 2021: The Moon Joins Two Evening Stars

Two bright evening stars command the early evening sky in the second half of fall.

Good News from the Land. (Well, Mostly)

West Virginia goes telemetric bird watching; North Carolina land next to Pisgah National Forest gets protected; and the lanternfly threatens the region.

Book Note – Step into the Circle: Writers in Modern Appalachia

There’s a wide range of writers profiled in “Step into the Circle”—novelists and short story writers, essayists and poets. What lies at the root of all of their work is place.

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Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle. Scribner, 2005. 288 pp.

Book Note: The Glass Castle

It’s not often I recommend an audiobook as the way through a book. ... But “The Glass Castle” is an exception.
The City of Radford, Virginia now has a new spot from which observers can watch both trains and birds.

Train & Bird Views in Radford, Virginia

Freight trains snake through Radford, VA, at least a dozen times every day. But few people paid attention to the trains until town tourism director Deb Cooney suggested building a train (and bird) viewing platform.
skywatch

Skywatch, November / December 2021: The Moon Joins Two Evening Stars

Two bright evening stars command the early evening sky in the second half of fall.
The invasive spotted lanternfly has moved into some Blue Ridge region states.

Good News from the Land. (Well, Mostly)

West Virginia goes telemetric bird watching; North Carolina land next to Pisgah National Forest gets protected; and the lanternfly threatens the region.
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Book Note – Step into the Circle: Writers in Modern Appalachia

There’s a wide range of writers profiled in “Step into the Circle”—novelists and short story writers, essayists and poets. What lies at the root of all of their work is place.
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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

May 1, 2026

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