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.
What are all these creatures doing in and around our house?
A workshop tonight lays out the facts about Virginia’s uranium mining ban.
What are your favorite farmer’s market buys that aren’t fruits or veggies?
Is the earth marred by oil spills, a pristine home for wildlife, or both?
Last month, Ruth Haske left the hospital to have her baby. She was a couple of weeks shy of her due date when she woke up feeling ill —back hurting, stomach hurting, fever. At UVA Medical Center, she underwent some tests and monitoring and was then sent home. Three days later, she still felt awful. […]
The Charlottesville birth landscape is changing in many ways.
Water’s on my mind, and I’m looking for rain barrel tips from those with experience.
Strawberry orange compote. Plus, how long is too long to keep canned stuff in storage?
There’s an old saw about renovation—that it always takes twice as long and costs twice as much as you expect. But Scott Wiley, who’s fixed up several Charlottesville houses, figures it somewhat differently: “For every dollar I spend, I save a dollar.” Wiley stands before the spiffed-up front door of his Rose Hill house. Photos […]