Erika Howsare has been a C-VILLE contributor since 2002. Her first nonfiction book is The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors (2024), and she hosted a podcast miniseries called “If You See a Deer.” She teaches writing locally.
Mixed news on uranium mining
McDonnell says "not yet," the mining company plays it cool, and green groups keep on worrying.
Learn more about Zero Garbage
Two workshops this week reveal the no-trash lifestyle of local Rose Brown.
January ABODE: Fun house
More than a decade ago, Marianne Bechtle and Ann Gayhart bought 42 acres of wooded land in Batesville. At the time, they lived on Rugby Road, but knew they wanted a rural life someday for themselves and their three sons. It would be a while until they started the process of building a country house, […]
Step into the circle: tracking the new American shamanism
We’re standing in a circle around a small fire. As a group, we turn to the south, lifting our rattles and shaking them at the sky, where a half moon bites the darkening blue