From The Editor

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Cara Ellen Modisett

Moon, Music and Magic

Once a month or so, I drive southwest out of Roanoke to rehearse with a fiddle player friend of mine...
Historic meets modern in the view from the Taubman Museum’s terrace: downtown Roanoke, with Mill Mountain in the background.

Changing Skylines

December is one of my favorite months to be downtown. In Roanoke, as in many other communities in the Blue Ridge, the windows and sidewalks are transformed by the holiday season. It’s cold, there’s music in the air, and occasionally it snows.
The editor, on Reddish Knob, west of Harrisonburg, Va.

Editor’s Column: Living the War

We are standing on battle ground. Whether we’ve walked Antietam, New Market, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, or just followed mountain trails...
As editor Cara Ellen Modisett shifts to part-time editor at large of BRC, Kurt Rheinheimer resumes his onetime position of editor.

Familiar Faces, New Directions

As editor Cara Ellen Modisett shifts to part-time editor at large of BRC, Kurt Rheinheimer resumes his onetime position of editor.
Cara Ellen Modisett

Synchronicity

“I just love this story!” Elizabeth Hunter told me back in December. She proceeded to read probably half of it to me over the phone, taking me with her to Gray, Tennessee and the fossil site there...

Departments

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.

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