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Kimberley Adams, glass artist, proudly holds the book she wrote about glass beadmaking—a definitive guide that is a respected source on the subject.

Hand Made in the Mountains: Kimberly Adams

For Kimberley Adams of Tiger, Georgia, a career as a glass artist began when she was 28 and starting her family.
On display inside May's shop are authentic historic instruments, about which Warren happily shares information on styles, woods and techniques through time.

Hand Made in the Mountains: Warren May

Warren May, creator of some 18,736 dulcimers (and counting), is considered a musical instrument-making rock star.
Nancy Basket, here in her home gallery in Walhalla, South Carolina, tells the ancient stories through her work as a basket maker and fiber artist.

Hand Made in the Mountains: Nancy Basket

For over a decade, Basket has worked in the region and across the country educating and inspiring survival groups, earth skills gatherings, herb collectives, and members of the Catawba Nation, among others.
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The Pack Horse Librarians of Eastern Kentucky

During the Depression, they delivered books and other reading materials in remote rural areas, to people with no other access to the world of reading.
Nikki was a moderately large hawk with “an intense golden glare, a hooked beak and sharp talons.”

Bond Between Man and Bird: The Christmas Hawk

How a boyhood fascination led to a man’s connection with a red-tailed hawk.

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Vibrant Monarch butterfly clings to its translucent dew covered cocoon
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Monarch Mimickers

It’s easy to mistake other orange species for the king of fall butterflies.

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.

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