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Hollywood to Home

Hollywood to Home

Singer, songwriter and actress Schuyler Fisk grew up on a farm oustide Charlottesville, Va. with her parents – actress Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk. They chose to live away from the smog and stars of Los Angeles. Today, their daughter lives in California but looks back east to home.


Growing up on a farm in Virginia with my family (and five dogs, many horses, tons of chickens, a few fish and even a hedgehog), I was a true tomboy. I rode horses bareback through the woods, caught crawfish in the creek, collected eggs from the chickens every day and helped my dad crack the ice out of the horses’ frozen water buckets.

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Reporting from Wangle Junction… Not Any More?

Reporting from Wangle Junction… Not Any More?

Rex Bowman, born in the mountains of southwest Virginia, is a two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee and author of two books. He has worked as a reporter for newspapers in California, Maryland and Virginia.


Oh, what fun I had over the past decade, driving to...

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A Different Meaning of Life

A Different Meaning of Life
Gerry Bishop retired to central Virginia from the National Wildlife Federation , where he was editorial director of children's publications and, for 20 years, editor-in-chief of Ranger Rick magazine . He has served as a writer, editor and editorial consul...
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Clean Rivers and Childhood Lessons

Clean Rivers and Childhood Lessons

Mary Anne Hitt, former executive director of Appalachian Voices, The Ecology Center and the Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project, is now deputy director of the Sierra Club’s National Coal Campaign. She lives in Shepherdstown, W.Va.

When I was a g...

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Hail, Fairwell

Hail, Fairwell

Exiled to the piedmont region of North Carolina from his native mountains, writer Fred Chappell has been homesick for more than 40 years. In 2009, his third collection of short stories and 10th collection of poetry will appear, partially products of ...

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Still, Somber November

Still, Somber November

Sam Venable has been on staff at the Knoxville News-Sentinel since 1970, as outdoors editor until 1985 and as a humor columnist since then. He is the author of 10 books, including “Mountain Hands: ...

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Art Menius

Art Menius

Art Menius, director of Appalshop in Whitesburg, Ky., was marketing and sponsorship director for N.C.’s MerleFest for 10 years. His career spans music, writing and research; he is a founder and former executive director of the International Bluegrass...

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