Entries by Aundrea

Art in the DNA

By JiJi Russell Clarke County resident Kathy Stewart, M.D., appears adept at using both sides of her brain. She will seamlessly segue from molecular biology to fiction to a lifetime passion: art. JiJi Russell recently shared a conversation with Stewart to glean insights into her area of medicine—oncology and hematology—now that she has retired from […]

Livng the Full Life at Life More Abundant Ranch

By Annie Young When I arrive at Life More Abundant Ranch, life certainly seems full and abundant. Matt Hardin offers a gripping handshake as three of his four kids bounce over with fresh faces and full smiles. Later Jessi comes out to greet us with their youngest son, who just turned one. They proudly show […]

Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie & Daniel Morgan?

By Mary Thomason-Morris This somewhat altered old Chevy commercial ditty from the early 1960s almost works to describe how we know the Fourth of July. Of course, every child is taught that we celebrate because on the 4th of July 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed. It is for certain, that hot July day […]

From the Tree to Your Table

By Claire Stuart We hear about fresh local food coming from the farm to your table, but have you ever thought about your table coming to you from a local tree? Woodworker Ron Light can show you how it is done. At his home workshop in Boyce, lengths of locally cut logs and stacks of […]

Becoming a Montessori Mom

By Victoria L. Kidd It’s morning, and Berryville resident Kim Lynch is getting her daughter Allie ready for school. Much of their morning will be like that of  other Clarke County families, but they will end up at a school unlike any other in the area. Allie is a student at Winchester Montessori School (WMS) […]

Around Clarke in June/July

June 19 “Boxtrolls” Free outdoor movie. Clarke County Parks and Recreation. 255 Al Smith Circle. Berryville. 8:30pm. 19 Music in the Park Rose Hill Park. Berryville. 6pm. Featuring Local Flavor. 19 Rafael Elizondo & Eva Chavez Barns of Rose Hill, 95 Chalmers Ct., Berryville. Distinguished for their magnetism and energy, classical guitarist Rafael Elizondo and […]

Social Graces Gets New Home

By Heidi Lynch Imagine the golden pooling of afternoon sun on smoothly planed floorboards. See the glint and sparkle of crystal chandelier drops as they dangle above. Brush against the velvet folds of drapery and you have the perfect setting for . . . a traditional Native American dance? Perhaps this pairing appears incongruous at […]

Wanted: The Battletown Inn

By Wendy Gooditis Oh, Battletown Inn. I remember sunny day lunches under an umbrella on the patio, and cozy hours upstairs in the Gray Ghost Tavern on winter evenings. I remember the live music on Thursdays. And I remember the day my friend Paula and I went to the door and found it locked, with […]

­­Graduation Day

Off you go into the world. Some of you from high school, some from college. Whatever your chosen journey, the thing you all have in common is the knowledge that the future is uncertain. And because your elders are bombarding you with good wishes and advice, we just can’t let you go without getting in […]