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Dog Walks Into a Pups’ Issue (How a Pinot Becomes a Cookie)

Reluctance to own a dog is not necessarily commensurate with the fruits of actual ownership.

The Past Becomes So, and Fast: It’s Time to Jump on Time, Before it Gets Away

Is there a silver lining to be found amid the current dark clouds?

BRC Plus – The Heart of the Mountains: A Mountain Magazine, Trying Harder

The challenges facing small publications such as ours pale in the context of challenges to much larger realms of life. But we are working hard to step up to ours with new offerings.

Leaving No Trace: Earth Day Celebrates 50 Years

What better time than Earth Day’s 50th anniversary to think about the little things we can do every day to savor, enjoy and protect our planet.

From The Editor: Channeling Elizabeth Hunter – Time Flies, Monarchs Should Too

Our former columnist’s lifelong love of the magical migrating butterflies is, well, an inspiration.

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Hiking companions Gail Rheinheimer and Cookie pause on the trail.

Dog Walks Into a Pups’ Issue (How a Pinot Becomes a Cookie)

Reluctance to own a dog is not necessarily commensurate with the fruits of actual ownership.
Eric Rheinheimer (Kurt’s brother) and his granddad, Fred Hurt, navigate Virginia’s Claytor Lake, c. 1955.

The Past Becomes So, and Fast: It’s Time to Jump on Time, Before it Gets Away

Is there a silver lining to be found amid the current dark clouds?
BRC Plus

BRC Plus – The Heart of the Mountains: A Mountain Magazine, Trying Harder

The challenges facing small publications such as ours pale in the context of challenges to much larger realms of life. But we are working hard to step up to ours with new offerings.
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Leaving No Trace: Earth Day Celebrates 50 Years

What better time than Earth Day’s 50th anniversary to think about the little things we can do every day to savor, enjoy and protect our planet.
"Monarch Butterflies in various flying, basking and standing positions."

From The Editor: Channeling Elizabeth Hunter – Time Flies, Monarchs Should Too

Our former columnist’s lifelong love of the magical migrating butterflies is, well, an inspiration.
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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.

May 1, 2026

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