Viewpoint September 2019
Honest Outreach This year’s survey shows a large and loyal readership, actively engaged with a print magazine in a digital age. September 2019 My passion for publishing began early as an 8-year-old in 1964. My tools were few and my writing skills were rudimentary. But...Viewpoint August 2019
The Flood, the Festival, the Foot on the Moon Three larger-than-life events happened in a narrow band of days in August 1969. Each is iconic, summoning memories and moods with mere mentions: Camille. Woodstock. Apollo 11. August 2019 August is usually a drowsy month....Viewpoint July 2019
Our Own Greatest Generation Few dreams in the 1930s seemed more daunting than delivering electricity to far-flung farmhouses. But thanks to common folks with uncommon grit, light would soon spread across the landscape of Virginia and the rest of our vast nation. July...Viewpoint June 2019
Summertime Magic The sights, the sounds, the scents … the exhilarating freedom. For the young, and those who remember being young, summertime is pure magic. June 2019 Every year in June, students step out of school and into a freedom that isn’t really appreciated...Viewpoint May 2019
Back to Basics It’s our most basic civic duty. Here in the Old Dominion, we have an opportunity to fulfill it every year. In fact, next month many Virginians will have their next chance to do so. How? By voting on June 11. May 2019 W e live in an anxious age. We may...Viewpoint March-April 2019
A Roundup of Wood Walkers On May 10 & 11, plan to come and marvel at the climbing, rescuing, power-restoring derring-do of competitors taking part in one of the largest line worker rodeos in the country. March-April 2019 In the idol worship of youth in the ’60s,...Viewpoint February 2019
Paper Power For almost 75 years, we’ve put ink on paper to tell the cooperative story. Even in this digital age, we believe that print is still a powerful communications medium. February 2019 This magazine you’re reading was born in 1946, in the fresh dawn of a world...Viewpoint January 2019
Wise Words from Washington … … George Washington, that is. Father of our country. Our first and one of our finest presidents. Native of Virginia’s Northern Neck. Little remembered today, his 1796 Farewell Address contains warnings and wisdom that still ring true at...Viewpoint November-December 2018
Homeplace Going home is the perfect way to celebrate the sacred days that close out the calendar year. November-December 2018 All of us have a homeplace: it may be the place of our birth, where our forebears dwelled, where we were raised, or where the gravitational...Viewpoint October 2018
Our North Star Cooperatives are an enduring testament to the power of shared principles and local purpose. October 2018 October is a time of outdoor change and indoor reflection. Of gathering in, and giving back. Of chilly nights under the gossamer gaze of a hunter’s...Viewpoint September 2018
An Ode to Solitude Once in a while it’s refreshing, restorative … and essential … to spend some time with just yourself. September 2018 We’re social animals. Yet the need to get away is ancient and universal. When English poet George Gordon Byron wrote the passages...
To read Margo Oxendine's latest Rural Living column (titled "Wildlife in My Living Room"), click here: www.co-opliving.com/lifestyle/rural-living/
It's National Pasta Day!! Share a link to your favorite pasta recipe in the comments below -- or tell us about your favorite pasta dish!
"Contrary to popular belief, Marco Polo did not discover pasta in Asia and bring it to Italy. In fact, in 1279 a.d., a will drafted by Ponzio Bastone was found bequething a storage bin of macceroni when Marco Polo was still in the Far East. Early Romans used a very simple flour and water dough. Pasta is the Italian word for dough. Thomas Jefferson introduced pasta to the Americas after first tasting it in Naples, Italy. In 1789, he brought the first pasta machine, along with crates of macaroni, back to the United States. Pasta became a common North American food in the late 19th century with the surge in Italian immigration." -- Source: www.nationalpastaday.com/
Doug Puffenbarger of Blue Grass, Va., one of our loyal readers, contributed this gorgeous photo from Highland County. Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative
