For Ann and Ron Fay at Rising Meadow Farm, spring is the most awaited time of the year with the daily arrival of new born lambs. It is also the time of the year that is most demanding physically. Ann and Ron have set the bar high as their credo is "only the best will do" which applies to the quality of food sources, environment, and mode of harvest. They believe that this level of care…
In 2003, the widening of US Highway 421 from Winston-Salem to Boone and it’s realignment with the Blue Ridge Parkway at Deep Gap was completed. NC DOT, unfortunately, did not make adequate allowances for managing the water runoff at the highway’s boundary intersection with Critcher Farms. Over the last 10 years and even until today, this once pastoral landscape has eroded into a chasm of canyon proportions – almost beyond repair. All local remembrances are…
The planning and execution of the photograph on the right took over two years to complete. I was aware of this local geological defect for some time and the stories related by the owners about the "first flood" were astounding. Their early conversations with DOT were not confrontational or demanding; however, they would have preferred having their ditch filled in and the causing factor relieved. In 2014, the NCDOT advertised and issued a contract for…
