by Lindsey Melvin, Henrico, VA Growing up in rural Goochland County, I was soothed by the sounds of nature although I was unaware of this soothing effect in the same way that you are unaware of the air you breathe – it just happens. A chorus of cicadas in the summer...
by Jim McCullough, Midlothian, VA Story prompt: Write your own river story… See the casual grace. The nonchalance. The unmitigated power. Yeah, we’re talking water. And we played in it a lot this week. Then something happened. It got hot. We got tired. We slowed...
by Rachel Loughlin, Richmond, VA Story prompt: Write your own river story… When COVID lockdown hit my kids and I were driving a minivan that couldn’t go over 40 MPH so we were limited in our ability to leave town and limited in what we could do in general....
by Charles Ware, Richmond, VA Story prompt: The river is important to me because… In August 1969, Hurricane Camille tracked into Virginia, dumping perhaps five feet of rain on Nelson County within a 24-hour period. Approximately 160 people died as the result...
by Genevieve Wall, Richmond, VA Story prompt: Write your own river story… I came to the James River in 2019. That Spring, I accepted an Americorps post as an Environmental Education Intern on Presquile National Wildlife Refuge. I worked alongside both US Fish and...
