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.
Community minded gifts for all!
I found a number of Christmas gifts without going anywhere near 29N.
A (feline) killer in our midst
Our cat is a fine hunter. Sometimes that’s OK by me and sometimes not.
December 2010: Compound interest
The word “compound” has some strange connotations, but it can mean nothing more than a collection of structures united by a common language. Such is the case at Chris and Kara McLane Burke’s three-part home on the Mechums River in western Albemarle. One of the names the Burkes have for their property is “Three Bridges,” […]
December ABODE brings on the green (and red)
Repurposed furniture, home energy scores, green reads, and mighty mighty solar power!
Cream cheese and the heartbreak hotel
Whenever I travel, I get the feeling that I’ve left the little bubble in which I normally live and entered a bigger, more chaotic world.
Threads on the cheap
When clothes are being worn for a fleeting period of three months or less, buying new ones seems silly.