Lisa Currie

Just like countless busy people moving through life at the speed of light, I habitually take this exceptional place we call home for granted — totally forgetting not only the

Over the weekend, we visited family/friends in the southwest corner of Shenandoah County — toward Bryce.

When I was a girl, my mother had this huge vegetable garden. In fact, at one time, she had two vegetable gardens, long rows of beans, corn, tomatoes and peppers.

One of my favorite things about summer is the search for the tiny fresh cucumber. This is not a vegetable I share because there are never enough little cucumbers to

Last fall, a strange spotted bug landed at my feet.

It is truly amazing how just a bit of precipitation can restore and refresh the earth.

For the first time in many weeks, we have been able to open the windows and let the fresh evening air into the house because the nighttime temperatures have dipped

For many readers, this back-to-school time of year is something of bygone days or even long-ago decades — a forgotten time.

Honestly, whoever has read this column knows from my vivid memoirs that Toms Brook's streets and neighborhoods are filled with marauding night prowlers making the county's smallest town a dangerous place after dark.

Several weeks ago, I wrote about that nasty little pest — the spotted lanternfly.