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CONTENTS
F E AT U R E S
28 Fall Farm Visits in 7 States
54 'Closest Things Between Us is a
BY JOE TENNIS
The president of Tennessee's International
Storytelling Center is working to unite the
world with tales.
Combine this year's leaf-peak travels with a
stop at a working farm.
38 The Spendor of Fall:
Story' Says Kiran Singh Sirah
BY MARLA HARDEE MILLING
The Photo Essay
Our contributing photographers are all about
leaf season.
60 Snakes! Tal Galton Can Get
You to Love Other Creatures, Too
As a boy, the operator Snakeroot Ecotours in
Celo, North Carolina, wanted to be either a
baseball player or a herpetologist.
46 TAG Galyean Loves West
Virginia
The resort developer and entrepreneur now
has a hand in the nation's top distillery.
BY SU CLAUSON-WICKER
50 High School Football and the
Age of Innocence
Things were so much simpler when life was
built around cheerleaders, clean tackles and
. . . a championship!
BY NANCY HENDERSON
64 It All Starts with the Shoes
Dr. Casey Kerrigan left an academic career at
the University of Virginia to help women find
a shoe that really works.
BY ERIC J. WALLACE
BY HARRIET MICHAEL
PHOTO ON THIS PAGE: The sun rises over Mount Mitchell, as seen from the
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From the Editor
Creature Feature
Mill Creek Stories
The Good Walk
peak of Craggy Pinnacle, located on the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Asheville,
North Carolina. PHOTO BY ROBERT STEPHENS
18 Festivals & Events
22 Country Roads
70 Flavors
72 Singing in the Garden
74 Guest Column
ON THE COVER
Below the North Fork Mountain Trail,
Germany Valley of Pendleton County,
West Virginia is aglow in autumn
splendor. PHOTO BY ED REHBEIN
Our Blue Ridge Towns
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