Beth Miller-Herholtz

As I write this, it’s been less than a week of the official quarantine guidance going coast to coast. We are out of our routines. For many, our jobs and volunteer responsibilities are on hiatus. We can’t visit our loved ones out of concern for…

Focus on What You Love

March 19, 2020

Unique storytelling always piques my interest, so when I heard a fiddle playing poet was coming to Gloria’s I had to see how this story would be told. Ken Waldman found his path in the world when he ditched the traditional start he got at Duke,…

Ken Waldman & The Wild Ones Bring Fiddling and Poetry to Gloria’s

March 15, 2020

Collaboration and community. I saw that in action when Fauquier’s Habitat for Humanity brought Pierce Edens to the stage. Habitat’s Executive Director, Darryl Neher first heard Pierce perform in Charlottesville. He thought he’d be a perfect fit for the quarterly concerts that he is bringing to the community. He was right. When…

Habitat for Humanity Brings Pierce Edens to Gloria’s

March 10, 2020

If you were one of the lucky ones, you were at Gloria’s on Main Street in Old Town Warrenton on Friday night. The outstanding quintet of King Street Bluegrass brought a great blend of cover songs mixed in with some of their original tunes. We watched their…

King Street Bluegrass Lights Up Gloria’s in Old Town Warrenton

March 8, 2020

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A few years ago, I learned about the best place to view eagles on the East Coast. It’s where the Conowingo Dam sits at the southern base of the Susquehanna River in the northeastern corner of Maryland near the towns of Conowingo and Darlington. Please enjoy reading about a November day when the eagles soared above and fished the Susquehanna River.

Bald Eagles at Conowingo, Maryland

November 16, 2019

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I had the pleasure of volunteering with the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) earlier this year. My assignment was to visit two farms and write about them for their annual publication, Buy Fresh Buy Local. After three decades of wearing the corporate attire, I admit that…

A Visit at the Happy Family Ranch

May 31, 2019

I prefer to walk in the evening, to catch our neighborhood preparing for the day’s end. I can hear the four-legged creatures scurrying among the leaves, searching for nuts and seeds. The deer have a different rhythm, deliberate and cautious unless they are startled and…

February’s Last Light

March 1, 2019

Snowy days are meant for slow drives down country roads. Time to observe the fields that sleep in winter and to see the birds as they search for warmth, food, and sleep. On the Wednesday after Presidents’ Day, I ventured out to Blantyre Road to…

As Winter Begins to Wane

February 22, 2019

On this last day of January, the temperatures dipped to new lows across the USA. In Virginia, I saw a frosty 5 degrees in the early morning light. By mid-day, it was a balmy 27 degrees. We’ve kept our bird feeders full and have been…

In the Deep Cold, the Deer Came to Call

February 1, 2019

Tonight, I have a welcome pause in our holiday preparations. We’ve traveled nearly 3,000 miles up and down the East Coast, crossing nine states in ten days. After our whirlwind of activities that included early Christmas celebrations with families near Syracuse, a stop at Brookgreen…

The Lights of Winter Solstice

December 22, 2018

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