Gifts of the Land

CURRENT Gifts of the Land

Eli and Sam gathering Watercresse

Gifts of the Land: A Season in Turn

Granddad and grandsons ready the land for the arrival of spring.
Sam, Eli and Elaine prepare wild persimmon waffles as a reward for the boys’ and Granddad’s labors in preparing for winter weather.

Gifts of the Land: Ice Storm Coming

One family’s rituals for readying home and hearth.
Elaine watches as Sam and Eli decorate Botetourt County’s smallest Christmas tree.

Gifts of the Land: Pine and Apple Trees for Christmas

A county’s tiniest yule tree? How one family builds arbor and holiday traditions.
Eli and Elaine pick persimmons from a neighbor’s backyard tree that had fallen.

Gifts of the Land: Good Deeds

Doing for the sake of doing is its own reward.
Sam and Eli resettle the chicken “teenagers” into their new home.

Gifts of the Land: Moving Days

Several generations — chickens and people — get things settled.

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Knoxville Asian Festival, August 29-30,  Knoxville, Tennessee. Photo courtesy of Asian Culture Center of TN
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4th of July Parade & Festival, July 4, Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
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