Entries by Aundrea

Berryville Welcomes Two New Shops

By Samantha E. Piggott In the month of November alone, two new retail locations opened their doors, building on the energy that has Berryville evolving into a vibrant and exciting shopping destination. ReLove It redux: Purcellville shop comes to B’Ville The upscale boutique feel of Re-Love It consignment shop on Main Street, Berryville, is anything […]

Get a Leg Up Climbing Gym Offers a Taste of the High Life

By JiJi Russell If your New Year’s resolutions involve trying something new, how about this: Change your perspective by getting further off the ground. The contemplative arts like meditation aim at helping us gain objectivity over our mind, and by extension, our habits and our way of being. However, one very literal way to rise […]

The Mystery Of Roosting Wrens

Story and illustration by Doug Pifer Just before I let the dogs out, I turned the porch light on and saw something that looked a lot like a pinecone resting on top of the corner post next to the porch ceiling. I recognized it because I’d seen the same thing there several years ago—a roosting […]

The Gift of Life Outside

By Doug Humphreys There is an absolute satisfaction that comes with the sound of sizzling meat. At the sound of the sizzle, the tangy smell of raw flesh is immediately replaced by the earthy aroma of meat cooking in olive oil. While the meat browns, there is a tok-tok-tok of a knife pecking a cutting […]

Dreaming Up a Contemporary House

By Wendy Gooditis Have you ever thought about what your perfect house would be? Have you designed a house in your head? “Let’s see, I have to have beautiful, natural materials. It has to be spacious, yet cozy. Simple, yet beautiful. Convenient, yet comforting.” And so on. Jay and Peggy Duvall of White Post have […]

Shenandoah University Named Official Site for Shenandoah Valley Writing Project 

National Writing Project (NWP) recently selected Shenandoah University as the official site for the Shenandoah Valley Writing Project (SVWP). The SVWP joins a network of nearly 190 local sites of the National Writing Project, serving all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The mission of the SVWP is to improve […]

Shenandoah Seasonal Makes Farming a Year Round Venture

by Annie Young From James Madison University to a Clarke County farm by way of Cambodia may seem like a circuitous route to many, but that’s exactly how Daniel and Ali Haney found their way home. The couple met at college, and after graduating Ali took an opportunity to work at a small learning center […]

Around Clarke in Dec/Jan

December  20 “Museum Hours” 95 Chalmers Court, Berryville. 7pm. Doors open at 6:30. When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads which sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways artworks reflect and shape the world. In German with subtitles and in English. […]