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Mill Creek Stories: Holiday Pantry

Plus a brief foray into freezer frenzies.

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.

Get Remote at New West Virginia Cabin

A new cabin recently opened on a mountain in southeastern West Virginia’s Camp Creek State Park and Forest provides the perfect place to get away from it all.

STAY Project Turns 12 . . . and It’s Here to Stay

STAY has recently hired Mekyah Davis as a co-coordinator working to include Black people in the Appalachian narrative.

Book Review – Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains

Despite inevitable comparisons to J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” Cassie Chambers’ “Hill Women” is a memoir with a different intention.

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Mill Creek Stories: Holiday Pantry

Plus a brief foray into freezer frenzies.
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.
The Ranger’s Outpost Cabin: It’s a three-mile hike in to escape civilization, including electricity and running water.

Get Remote at New West Virginia Cabin

A new cabin recently opened on a mountain in southeastern West Virginia’s Camp Creek State Park and Forest provides the perfect place to get away from it all.
STAY has recently hired Mekyah Davis (far right in second row from back, in turquoise shirt) as a co-coordinator working to include Black people in the Appalachian narrative.

STAY Project Turns 12 . . . and It’s Here to Stay

STAY has recently hired Mekyah Davis as a co-coordinator working to include Black people in the Appalachian narrative.
Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains. By Cassie Chambers. Ballantine Books, 279 pp.

Book Review – Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains

Despite inevitable comparisons to J.D. Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” Cassie Chambers’ “Hill Women” is a memoir with a different intention.
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Coyote (Canis latrans) wandering out from the forest into the loop road on a summer late morning.
Country Roads

Critters Crossing! 

States across the Blue Ridge are investing in wildlife crossings to protect animals and improve roadway safety.

September 1, 2026

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