From The Editor

As cities and towns throughout the mountains build new greenways, trails and other walkways, there’s the potential for a new era of great walks.

A boy from “the north” can get a welcoming jolt of the bounties of the Southern Mountains, and it can stay with him for a lifetime.

It’s partly the context of not-much-else-around that allows you to appreciate the tiny-things bounty of a good walk in the woods.

We’re privileged to present excerpts of two new books in this issue, and to get to talk a little about a third one.