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...
Today, I found myself pulling up to 594 Highway 126 in Bristol, Tennessee, just in time for the grand reopening of the Big Red Apple Shed. The energy in the parking lot told the whole story before I e...
The Commons and the Uncommon If you have ever been to the Commons in Abingdon, you will notice that there really isn’t much that is common about it. It’s an eclectic hub full of interestin...
First Encounters with Gourd Art I had never heard of gourd art until I moved to Bristol, Virginia, and passed through Memphis. We stopped at my wife’s Uncle Jim’s and Aunt Mashelle’s...
