From The Editor

The hikes my wife and I take used to be nearly all in the woods. Accommodations to family, time and weather, plus the addition of new trails to our town have resulted in more urban walks.

The perfect garment renders November a perfect time of year.

The first piece Molly Dugger Brennan sent us ran back in 2012, and went to some lengths to explain why she wanted to raise chickens around her Shenandoah Valley homestead and how her husband “Gruff, an educated man,” did not.

In case you missed it, the most admired and cherished part of this magazine for many readers says goodbye with this issue.