Gifts of the Land

CURRENT Gifts of the Land

Elaine and Bruce celebrate the Christmas of 2014 with each other and their family.

Gifts of the Land: Speaking of Christmas

The decades have provided annual markers for a marriage and a life.
Elaine steadies a ladder while Sam picks persimmons minutes before the yellow jacket attack.

Gifts of the Land: Of Persimmons and Yellow Jackets

How sumptuous bread justifies an arduous foray.
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Gifts of the Land: Boots and Ruffles

Exploring the vagaries of roosterhood.
Eli holds his first ever smallmouth bass.

Gifts of the Land: Man-Fishing

Realizing a rite of passage with a little help from Granddad.
Eli and Sam share duties with Charlotte’s new chicks.

Gifts of the Land: Charlotte – Nine Chicks in a Henhouse

How a Rhode Island Red hen resumes motherhood.

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.

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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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