Tuning in the Loft Up in the loft, the pipes are separated from the choir space behind narrowly slatted walls on the east and west. I sit at the two manual pipe organ, pulling stops and holding down t...
It feels like it was yesterday that I was walking the grounds of Spade & Spoon in Johnson City, admiring the culinary garden and talking with Dr. Sarah Long about her vision for the region’s...
I don’t know about anyone else, but in my mind, one of the best things God ever put on the Earth is the cocoa bean. Since roughly 3300 B.C., people have been domesticating and consuming this inc...
As the frost melts away and exposes the familiar green of an Appalachian spring, attention turns to the ground beneath our feet. Earth Day 2026 is coming up on April 22, and it is the perfect time to ...
Finding Inspiration in the Rhythms of Mountain Life The Rhythm of the Loom Helen sat at her loom on the porch, shifting the shuttle through the shed, then pulling the heddle to the weft. Left, pull. R...
Photos Courtesy of Old Morris Farm, LLC We met Eric and Lesley Guerra at Vintage Market Days a few months ago. Their handcrafted goat milk products caught our eye, but their story captured us. The Gue...
An Eco-Conscious Calling My teenage daughter wants to be an environmental scientist and save the polar bears. She loves all the little animals, asks me to plant pollinator flowers in our garden, hangs...
You immediately feel the contrast between the sharp, cold spring wind and the warm, lively activity of the farm’s seasonal reopening when driving through the front gate and heading down the narr...
Cinematic Shadows It’s better than every movie you’ve ever watched with a graveyard scene. I can picture the Sanderson sisters hovering over Willy’s grave on broomsticks and vacuums,...
A Surprising Solution for Bugs I drew up a rough sketch of the landscape design as they were talking about paint colors for the porch. “I’m worried about bugs. Is there anything you can do...
