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Yoga: A Practice for the Ages—and for all ages By JiJi Russell Have you ever said to yourself, “Wow. I wish I would have known/done [fill in the blank] back when I was younger”? A lot of yoga students over the years have expressed that sentiment to me when they take up the practice of […]
When Piggy Met Murph CrossFit for the Esteem-Challenged Self by Mark Andrews My mother affectionately called me Beau. To my Sicilian Grandmother, I was Marcus Aurelius, the great Roman Emperor. My dad called me Marko, cheering loudly from the stands during Friday night football games. But to the boys from my childhood neighborhood, I was […]
Mazing Around Wayside Farm Wayside Farm Fun debuts this fall with a 10-acre corn maze, pumpkin patch, hay rides, and much, much more. Story and photos by Jennifer Lee Take a flat, open piece of prime farmland. Put it next to a busy highway. Add a family that’s been farming it for over 50 years. […]
Preserving History and Restoring Nature at Cool Springs Shenandoah University’s plans for Civil War property keep the focus on low-impact educational activities Colleen Lentile On any given day, passers-by could walk by Shenandoah University’s main campus in Winchester and see students and nearby residents wandering about, using the property as their own. Those same students […]
School Board, House Candidates Meet October 7 The Virginia-focused political website Bearing Drift recently posted an interesting projection on this year’s elections in the Commonwealth: a voter turnout rate below 40 percent, perhaps as low as 37 percent. This would be a tad below 2009, and a continuation of the downward plunge in voter participation […]
Gallery Launches ‘Little Shows’ with Perry Exhibit “I love the smell,” says artist Patricia Perry of oil paint. “The buttery texture … and the richness you get with it.” Perry paints a little bit of everything—but right now she’s focusing on landscapes. It’s an apt subject given her lifelong love of travel to places […]
One Day As A Lion How cooking can change your outlook on life and health by Mark Andrews I learned to cook standing on a table chair backed against Rae’s stove. And I learned to believe that food is love. Most Sundays of my childhood were spent in Grandma Rae’s kitchen. An Italian immigrant, she […]
Sugar Awareness A Mighty Step Toward Better Health By JiJi Russell Lately I’ve been spending a little time looking at sugar. I’ll admit it: I love the stuff; always have. I feel certain I come by it naturally, because both my parents and my children seem to carry the sweet tooth gene as well. At […]
Rockin’ With The Walkingstick By Doug Pifer I found a walkingstick on the porch. I’ve loved these charming insects since I was a kid. Nearly three inches long, they look like animated twigs. And they rock! Walkingsticks usually stay in the leafy canopy of shade trees, where they feed on the leaves of oak, cherry, […]