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Our Last Hike
Years ago, my family and I spent a lot of time on Garden Creek Road in McDowell County, North Carolina, visiting my grandmother in the white frame house where my father’s family settled after they moved from East Tennessee to Western North Carolina. Read more
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Indigenous Watersheds as a Model for Sustainability
There are books to enjoy and then there are books that are needed. Matt Oppenheim’s Watershed Worlds is one that is needed at a time when our climate and our future is uncertain, at best. Read more
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The Critter Kegger
Here at the farm, we’ve had an influx of undesirable critters. I don’t know who posted a “Welcome” sign at the entrance of our property, but Poppa and I would be much obliged if the critters would just move on out and mind their own business. Read more
Our Last Hike
Years ago, my family and I spent a lot of time on Garden Creek Road in McDowell County, North Carolina, visiting my grandmother in the white frame house where my father’s family settled after they moved from East Tennessee to Western North Carolina. Read more
Aug 1, 2024
Photo Essay, June/July 2024
Our readers share their photos from around the Southern Appalachians. Read more
May 25, 2024
A Celebration of Best Friends
When I decided to write about my friends, I believed it would be a recollection of stories celebrating the special women in my life. But as my deadline approached I found myself at a loss. Read more
May 25, 2024
Squirrel Hunting
During my early childhood, John was like a grandfather to me. Though he was a neighbor—the husband of my babysitter, Dora—I called him Grandpa and believed he was my grandpa, just as I considered Dora my grandma. Read more
May 25, 2024
Those Delightful Daffodils
April flowers may bring May flowers, but when it comes to my beloved daffodils, those cold winters that I love to hate triggers a bounty of sunny yellow faces each spring. Read more
Mar 25, 2024
David Cohen illustration
Decoration Day
My mother’s family faithfully observed Decoration Day at Montford Cove Baptist Church Cemetery. Read more
Mar 25, 2024
The Big Sled
On weekday mornings, my mother always had the front room radio tuned to WBRM, our local AM station. When we woke to a deep snowfall, the radio announcer, Sid Carrigan, proclaimed: “Well, kids, you don’t have to go to school today." Read more
Jan 20, 2024
