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From the Editor: Works One Day, Works the Next

There are many other repetitions, but as cherished as any is the one that has brought me to this desk every day for every day this magazine has existed, beginning in the fall of 1988.
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From the Editor: Christmases Long Ago

What’s in a photo and what’s not
My Tennessee Mountain Home album cover

From the Editor: A Star Graces our Issue

Dolly: the first page and the last page!
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From the Editor: Wilderness!

The magic of being out in a designated Wilderness area can also serve as the curse of being out in a designated wilderness area.
Stanley Abbott

From the Editor: Saluting Stanley Abbott

He created the first park of its kind.

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.

©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.

Synchronous Fireflies
Creature Feature

The Light Fantastic

Fireflies are struggling with the effects of artificial light.

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