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.
CAAR’s first-quarter report for 2009 is out, and the takeaway seems to be "Things are a little better than awful."
On Wednesday, Tom Perriello demonstrated his interest in the topic of local food, and his lack of squeamishness.
A wee selection of fascinating things to read, from a terrifying lack of Wal-Marts to local passenger rail.
Reach for the recycled roll. Soft TP, hard reality Many of us are devotees of the softest toilet paper we can find in the store—after all, comfort is paramount. But the fluffier TP brands are harder on the environment, since the fibers that make the softer papers can only be taken from standing trees. That’s […]
The house of Edward and Jane Ford is nothing if not carefully planned. Sitting on an oddly-shaped lot in North Downtown, the building embodies currents of thought that Edward has explored for decades through his architectural practice and his teaching (he’s been a professor at UVA’s School of Architecture since 1986). In fact, he’s written […]
One of the best tools to keep around the house is also one of the simplest. If you’ve moved a framed picture, opened a door too hard, or fallen into the wall while carrying a fireplace poker, you might have damage to your drywall. But if it’s not too extensive, a drywall knife, drywall tape […]
One of the reasons running is my workout of choice is that it can be very light on resources.
We’re not just fouling the natural environment, but also the places we live and work.
Tourists can go to the Virginia Green site for, it’s said, green travel ideas. But what they’ll find there is vague and the puzzling.
Danny and Christina Wysong met during freshman orientation at William and Mary. But they’d have to travel through other relationships—and continents—before arriving at their destination: each other.