Felicia Mitchell grew up in South Carolina and North Carolina and lived in Georgia and Texas prior to moving to Virginia in 1987 to take a job at Emory & Henry College. She has lived and worked in rural Washington County since then, writing a column for the Washington County News ...
Because of my interest in linguistics, I often find a way to introduce some language lesson in one of my columns. This column (published 13 July 2010) was written to share an observation about the pronunciation of "Abingdon" that has always intrigued me. It was a good topic for summer since it is tourist season. A theme that follows me around is the need to help others ...
Alas, I have not been posting links to the columns. Here are a few, to catch up: Easy, Breezy Days of Summer [in which I hail the virtues of natural air versus air conditioning]With Fife and Drum, they Marched Away [in which I reflect on singing in the car and the Fourth of July]Pro Patria Mori [Memorial Day]
This week's column in Washington County News is about wild food:http://www.swvatoday.com/news/article/heart_beat_spring_into_a_land_of_plenty/7312/What I do in it is personal, educational, and a little ecological. I want people to realize how much food is growing there in front of us. I wonder how people can be hungry in a land of plenty where crabapples fall off trees and spoil. At the ...
