Djibouti
Friendly multi lingual airport personnel, roads so rutted the driver weaves off the right shoulder and then the left, a man with a bucket pouring gravel into potholes, children sliding on cardboard down the ramp…
Frankfort to Ethiopia
After 30+ hours of hurtling through space watching movies and reading books, we made it to Ethiopia, where a few more hours of standing in lines and talking with friendly people with gorgeously high cheekbones,…
Edwards Ham
From the spark of an idea, the Edwards family has built a legacy of taste. SURRY – Sam Wallace Edwards III pulls open the doors and thick gray smoke smelling of hickory and ham rolls…
An Iron Will
HUNTLY, VIRGINIA – Nol Putnam forges wind from iron, his hammer metronomic at 2½ strikes a second, steel against iron against anvil. The angle of the peen and the force of his follow-through shape hot metal the…
God & Gouda
At a Virginia monastery, the labors of cheese-making at times replace hours in prayer and psalm. The sky is dark and the stars mountainside-bright when the first sisters walk through the disinfectant solution at the…
Articles
Why I Write
People ask me why I write and I ask how can you not? How do you make sense of the world, hang…
Essays
Chow
Down at the north end of Colley, there’s a British guy who’s “not your grandmom” –though he and his colleagues sure cook…
Profiles
The Mystery Of Glass
Julia Rogers’ shirt is sweat-stuck to her back. Her long brown hair is tied in a ponytail and her eyes are hidden…
Travel
If the Shoe Fits
In its halcyon days, the Craddock-Terry Shoe Company’s Southland Factory Annex in downtown Lynchburg roared and rattled with enormous leather belts that turned…
Destination Punta Cana
Among the many inviting Caribbean resorts, here’s one that stands…
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Keepers Of History
In 1749, when most Colonists were scrabbling for the most basic food and shelter, two of Yorktown’s finest sat with elegance and…
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Making It Real
The man who dismounts with a flourish wears a red wool coat and white linen breeches. His shoes hand-made by the shoemaker on site. He strides to his counterpart and bows. She stands stiffly straight in a starched white cap and fetching hat trimmed with…