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From the Editor: New Columnist Looks at Life With a Smile

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.

From the Editor: Farewell to our ‘Heart and Soul’

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

From the Editor: Graffiti Slogan Ideas – Thanks!

Our readers respond to last issue’s call for catch phrases to discourage paint and carving on the Appalachian Trail.

From the Editor: How to Stop Grafitti on the Trail?

Incidences are up. Do you have an idea on a catch message that might stick in people’s minds and make a difference?

From the Editor: Wilderness!

As the act that created our mountain wild places celebrates its 50th anniversary, it’s time to explore one.

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Molly Dugger Brennan

From the Editor: New Columnist Looks at Life With a Smile

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.
Elizabeth Hunter in 1999, at the butterfly garden she and friend Judy Carson built at Blue Ridge Parkway MP 328.3.

From the Editor: Farewell to our ‘Heart and Soul’

In case you missed it, the most admired and cherished part of this magazine for many readers says goodbye with this issue.
The general sentiment from our readers is that it’s not nice to ruin Mother Nature, and to keep messages to a few signs and natural spaces.

From the Editor: Graffiti Slogan Ideas – Thanks!

Our readers respond to last issue’s call for catch phrases to discourage paint and carving on the Appalachian Trail.
From the Editor July-Aug 2014

From the Editor: How to Stop Grafitti on the Trail?

Incidences are up. Do you have an idea on a catch message that might stick in people’s minds and make a difference?
The Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness provides a sampler of the ruggedness and the views.

From the Editor: Wilderness!

As the act that created our mountain wild places celebrates its 50th anniversary, it’s time to explore one.
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Departments

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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