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.
I’m guessing many of the readers of this blog have already noticed this: Whole Foods Market is no longer labeling its conventional (i.e., non-organic) produce as such.
When I asked Mark and Cynthia Lorenzoni, who have owned and operated Ragged Mountain Running Shop since 1982, to talk about the most important room in their Albemarle house, they named the kitchen—because, as Mark says, “This is where we get all our gear together to go out running.” They and their friends, they explained, […]
You might touch a light switch several times every day, but how often do you look at it? Spruce up a room by adding some interest to that little rectangle of plastic, and make it personal—no need to pay for a store-bought novelty. Materials: Book cover or page, glue or tape Tools: Screwdriver, pencil, razor, […]
“Sometimes I think it was a sly architectural joke on Jim’s part,” says Mark Schuyler of his house, designed by Jim Rounsevell. “It’s a chicken shack with a dogtrot: It’s the Virginia vernacular to the extreme.” “I liked the idea of corrugated steel,” says Karen Schuyler, “because on our trips to the Outer Banks […]
Christmas tree pickup is going on now, and Friendship Court gets national notice.
Some folks are concerned that CFLs, the light bulbs that everyone has been saying are a greener choice, may not actually be so great.
Let no one charge that the green movement is going to lose steam in 2009. If local events are any indication, it’s only gonna get frothier.
Wildlife watching is fun, but you don’t have to head to the wilderness. Sometimes you can spot animals in the hardware department.
The C-VILLE cover story this week highlights the mess that’s left behind after certain big local parties. Appropriate, given that tonight is another occasion on which corks will pop.
I haven’t decided on any New Year’s resolutions yet, but I’m more excited to think about big sweeping ideas than about small tweaks. How about…