Everyman’s Monster
In old-fashioned horror stories, monsters rampage forth on their brutish missions, followed by hordes of torchbearers and pitchfork wielders thirsty for their demise. At…
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The More Things Change
It’s still popular to skew notions of “urban” and “rural” as disjointed opposites: farmers work the fields; white-collars infiltrate the skyscrapers. That’s been the…
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The CSA is A-OK
Botanists know Pinus rigida, or the pitch pine, to be hard wearing. As one of the most resilient eastern conifers, the twisted and gnarled…
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Into the Cider
The decisive victory at the Battle of Kings Mountain was twofold. The 1780 fray stroked patriots’ egos, bolstering morale following a series of defeats…
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The Great Unifier
If a schism between the American North and South still endures, it might all come down to doughnuts — namely, whether you favor the…
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Lasting Impression
Wheels have sworn by it for decades. Three years ago, living in Iowa City, Kristen Necessary formed a bond with the quirky little nut,…
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Same Latitude, Different Attitude
When John Belleme traveled to Yaita, a 66-square-mile farming village in the northern Japanese Kantō region, locals referred to him and his wife as…
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Testing the Soil
Growing up, Aaron Bradley never considered the economic and hereditary heft of his family’s 115-year-old farm in Saluda. He tossed baseballs in the pasture,…
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Bridge to Everywhere
If nature and man can find common ground — a yin and yang between eco and anthropomorphic motifs — something winsome is liable to…
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The Olden Dog Days
Two generations of Carl Lee McGraw’s family harvested raccoon meat and took the pelts to market. For his granddaddy and daddy, rambling through Polk…
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