Two years ago, Adam Songer could barely run a mile. But this past fall, Lauren Songer cheered with pride for her husband as he crossed the finish line at his first marathon. Lauren, a former high school cross-country runner, had simply been looking for a way to stay active when they first walked into a New River Runners meeting in Giles County. What they discovered was far more than a running club.The New River Valley region hosts four distinct running …
One might credit the tiny house movement with a new minimalist lifestyle, but the Scandinavians have embraced, elevated and perfected the small, sleek essentials for cozy living for millennia. Finland has been …
There’s dunking yourself in cold water. There’s getting stuck with a bunch of tiny needles. There’s climbing naked into a chamber of liquid nitrogen. There’s succumbing to a deeply meditative state. There’s …
With modern day luxuries like air conditioning, the internet and streaming services, it can be difficult convincing kids to put their screens away and play outside during a hot summer day. While …
If it’s morning, most likely fine artist Lisa Acciai (pronounced A-Cee) is in her studio creating 2-minute animal sketches. “I took a class from a fellow pet portrait artist who swore by …
It all started with senioritis. No, no, not the AARP kind, the kind that plagues graduating high school seniors toward the end of their grade school tenure, when the pencils are dull, …
Quietly settled along Wysor Road in Draper is a hidden gem — literally. Three years ago and 177 years after the Gold Rush in California, David Stowers opened Appalachian Gem and Gold …
Many of us could connect a firm foundation in education with a strong figure in our lives – a teacher, mentor, parent or friend. As learning cannot come from within but must …
I got one Christmas card in my life from my late brother-in-law, Owen Nagel. Somewhere in the family grapevine, he apparently learned that I got a horse, if late in life. He …
April 1st to April 1st is how time is measured for the honeybee. As I write this article, news (dare I say, ‘the buzz’) on how their health, vibrancy and survival rate …