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By Doug Pifer Every year I look forward to when the white-crowned sparrows come back. They show up around the middle of October and hang around until the early dandelion flowers bloom in the spring. Mention sparrow and most people imagine a brown, nondescript bird. But a white-crowned sparrow is nothing like that. About the […]
By Jennifer Lee Clarke County Education Foundation brings Harlem Wizards back to play February 9. The Harlem Wizards basketball team returns to Clarke County High School for a second consecutive year to take on the fierce Clarke In Motion team for a game that guarantees more entertainment than competition. “The response was just overwhelming last […]
By Annie Young A frigid, arctic wind blasts across Clarke County. It is the coldest day we have had in years. I’m dreaming of spring gardens, bright colors and sunshine streaming through open windows. It’s a perfect day to meet with Terry Chandler who is not just dreaming of gardens, but is busy planning and […]
January 11 Young Naturalist Program Five Saturdays through March 8. Blandy Experimental Farm, Boyce. Students grades 1 through 6. $22/session with discounts for multiple class enrollments and FOSA members. Topics include EcoArt, Cold-weather Carnivores, Frozen Feathers, Blandy Winter Olympics, and Signs of Spring. Pre-registration is required. Register online at http://blandy.virginia.edu, call 540-837-1758 Ext. 224, or download a […]
Virginia Delegates David LaRock and Randy Minchew applauded Governor McDonnell’s announcement of a new state park in nearby Loudoun County following donation of 600 acres adjacent to the Blue Ridge. The land is part of the 900-acre Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship, a popular day-hiking and camping location for local birders, walkers, and scouting […]
It’s mid January. By now, most of us have abandoned our New Year’s Resolutions or decided it’s too late to make one. Maybe that’s because we think about them as chores and drudgeries rather than a path toward enjoying life more and expanding our horizons. Having been a serial resolution breaker over the years, I […]
Mary Brady Shea Knight started her business in 1971 in Massachusetts, following a long lineage of family entrepreneurs. She has owned and operated it continuously with her family, riding out two recessions and two major road reconstructions on the main street of her hometown where she was located, and then started all over when she […]
By JiJi Russell As I talked to friends, colleagues, family members, and even near-strangers last month, I noticed the potency of our emotions as we traversed the holiday season together. There is so much to bring forth: the social events; the finding and offering of gifts; the meals we prepare and share; the charities where we offer […]
By Doug Pifer A couple of weeks ago a bird fatally collided with the wire fence that protects the trees along the back fence from our browsing animals. It hung there by the head, neck broken, until I discovered it—a hermit thrush in immaculate fall plumage. Gently I disentangled the dead bird’s head and smoothed down […]