News from the Web Last month at an event commemorating the Blue Ridge Parkway a Depression-era federal project, Virginia’s Governor Tim Kaine said, “Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.”
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Sitting here in Texas this is what I feel… Update: February 2026 The Heart of the Blue Ridge Blues The song captures a very specific type of longing—Hiraeth—a deep yearning
Keep readingI found this video on YouTube today… Max Patch Hike a section of the famous Appalachian National Scenic Trail (or A.T.) on top of Max Patch Mountain near Hot Springs.
Keep readingThe new year is always a kind of chronological trope, an imaginary point of debarkation. We are so deeply knotted to time past and time future that come Jan. 1,
Keep readingFrom Coffee Muses A fifty year old Christmas Card greeting being sent from my family one more time just as it was in 1958. Merry Christmas all… I’ll be doing
Keep readingThe Conservation Trust for North Carolina (CTNC) has purchased the 101-acre Jackson Knob Cove tract in McDowell County, on the Blue Ridge escarpment in the Catawba River Basin. The property,
Keep readingI stumbled upon this today… The Way Home. If you are a lover of straight lines and tidy endings, be forewarned. This is not a straightforward drive from point A
Keep readingWatauga County Farmers’ Market will be having the first holiday market of the season this Saturday, November 22 from 10 to 2. We are expecting more vendors this year and
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