Seasonal Flavors: Comfort Vegetables
By Denise Zito And now it is winter: full force, still dark and cold outside. Comfort foods are in order and this means the crock pot, the soup kettle and roasted root vegetables. We eat differently in...
View ArticleBack to Fitness: Fat Burning
By John Andersen A friend asked me in the store last week, “How do you run to burn fat?” This was actually a great question, with a very specific answer that may not be what you think. I would like to...
View ArticleIn the Garden: Pets (or Pests?) in the Garden
By Charles Kidder Gardeners deal with a variety of critters attacking their gardens, be they of the edible or ornamental variety. These wild animals—mammals, birds, insects, etc.—are just trying to...
View ArticleWe Need to Recover Diversity in Apples
By Elena Day At Christmas I was given a used copy of 1001 Gardens You Must See Before You Die. The preponderance of the 1001 gardens is in England, which is fortunate if seeing the gardens is on one’s...
View ArticleCrozet’s New Hand Bell Choir Performs Christmas Concert
A Crozet hand bell choir formed last year made its town debut with a Christmas concert to a delighted crowd of 85 people Dec. 18 at Tabor Presbyterian Church’s Pickford-Chiles Fellowship Hall. The...
View ArticleAnnals of Medicine: The Invisible People
By Robert C. Reiser, MD On the chilliest nights of the year I meet the invisible people. They live in the woods, under bridges, in the cracks in the infrastructure known only to them, the cops and...
View ArticleABT Dancers Perform Nutcracker in Transformed Theater Space
Two dozen local dance students brightened the holidays with their performance of “The Nutcracker” to eight sold-out audiences at Albemarle Ballet Theatre in downtown Crozet. The performances...
View ArticleGazette Vet: Mast Cell Tumors in Dogs
By John Andersen, DVM “Casey” is an 11-year-old Golden Retriever who came to me for an annual wellness exam. During the physical, his owners asked me to check out a few lumps they had noticed growing...
View ArticleBlue Ridge Naturalist: Gardening in the Midst of White-tailed Deer
© Marlene A. Condon One summer day I delightedly watched a Red-spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis) laying her eggs upon a shrubby Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) by my driveway. (When trees...
View ArticleFreedom 5K
The fifth annual Freedom 5K was held Saturday, December 21, with over 200 runners and walkers. The course began in front of The Lodge and looped around Old Trail, including both road and trail...
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