People who love what they do at work, often do the same thing at play. It’s the classic busman’s holiday, i.e., where the bus driver goes on a bus tour for vacation. Local patent attorney Michele Mayberry loves wandering in antique shops looking for old items marked with a patent number. “I find it interesting to look up the patent number and compare the patent claims with what was actually sold (i.e., commercial embodiment) to confirm whether the product is …
It’s not often that a substandard fencing job spawns the name of an imaginary farm for the name of a real truck. I was finishing up the restoration of this 1946 pick-up …
With over 20 kinds of nuts around the world, should squirrels and bears be the only ones enjoying them? Surely with opposable thumbs, humans could figure it out. And alas, the nutcracker …
It’s hard not to think of Christiansburg as New River Valley’s retail headquarters. Home to Uptown Christiansburg (or ‘the mall’), the perpetually-under-renovation Marketplace, Target, Walmart and sundry flanking strip malls, we are …
Dolly Parton, the most honored female country performer of all time, has influenced and inspired people all over the world and here in the New River Valley. Tammy Osborne, owner and founder …
When the pandemic hit, a lot of people started turning to different hobbies that they may not have normally chosen. YouTube, for many, was the teacher. For 15-year-old Emily Diggs, it sparked …
Even though the Hokies used to enter the field after the theme from 2001: Space Odyssey was played, their new walk-out ritual is right up there with putting a man on the …
Every fall, without fail, there is Homecoming to look forward to. Homecoming that is not just a return to one’s place of origin – though this is a given – but Homecoming …
It’s hard to say the two words together and not feel like they’re an oxymoron. “Old news,” “organized chaos,” “civil war,” “early retirement” … it sounds about the same. Perhaps the thought …
Blood, sweat and tears + blueprints, tools and templates + babies, kids and teens + a bold, spiritual tenacity have propelled the Kimzey family to grow while renovating and expanding their unusual …