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.
The chickens are feeling better, thanks
New territory, good treats and cooler days make a hen feel happy.
The human hand, applied to the woods
Clearing along a creek prompts the question–is there a reason to do it, other than for looks?
Free books with your granola
Discovering a new place to drop off (and pick up) used reading material.
November ABODE: The best of both
Standard story: Couple buys a 1922 house in one of Charlottesville’s protected historic districts, then plans a renovation. But what happens when the couple in question has distinctly modern taste? The front facade of the hous, as the Mills and Dreyfus learned, hadn’t always featured brick columns or railings (above). The new wooden porch is […]