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P. O. Box 11816 Blacksburg, VA 24062 o: 540-961-2015 nrvmagazine@msn.com www.nrvmagazine.com
PUBLISHER Country Media, Inc. Phillip Vaught MANAGING EDITOR Joanne Anderson ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Kim Walsh DISTRIBUTION MANAGER Dennis Shelor WRITERS Joanne Anderson Karl Kazaks Emily Alberts Jo Clark Becky Hepler Nancy Moseley Kameron Bryant PHOTOGRAPHERS Kristie Lea Photography Kevin Riley Tom Wallace Billy Bowling Photography Nathan Cooke Photography
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There are many things which define a friend, a really good friend, the kind of friend who shares her rhubarb and lets you ride her horse. When Boaz’s feet hurt on a ride last fall, I dismounted and walked with him for a while. As we faced the last mile, my friend Summer suggested I ride her stunning blond Haflinger, Winnie, and she would walk my horse. When we had to pull off the trail for bicycles to pass, I glanced at her head more closely and realized she didn’t even have a bit in her mouth. Yet the most gentle of a signal caused her to step into the woods and wait patiently. That’s when another friend, Leslie, snapped this photo. Helen Keller, who lived her life in darkness and silence for being blind and deaf, once wrote perceptibly: “Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” She has to be one of the most inspirational people to have ever lived. I have an original letter she typed and signed, in her block-y print signature in pencil, and in that correspondence, she wrote this to a friend: The new balcony up among the tree-tops outside my window gives me a chance to take a brisk walk every morning. Thus I, who may not venture alone on the road, can still enjoy freedom in the open sunshine, and sit down again to my work with a light heart. No matter how narrow my life
may be, I have many blithe hours and know not that all is dark and still about me. Whatever challenges you may be facing today, give thanks for a good friend. Be a good friend. Treasure your sight and your hearing. Think for a few minutes what in your life would change – dramatically - if you lost one – or both – of those senses. So much of our outlook comes sharply into focus with perspective, seeing the big picture and not getting mired in small, mundane, relatively trivial issues which can steal our joy. It is such an exciting time of year, all about renewal and regeneration in nature, and we can embrace it as well for us and our homes. This issue is one of our most popular for the home improvement articles and advertisers. We love it when you decide to engage in some home improvement and turn these pages to find an advertiser who can do the job. After all, it is because of these paid ads that you get a free New River Valley Magazine six times a year! Let them know you saw their ad and have a need that fits their business. You can play an important part in keeping the local economic engine turning. Happy Spring!!
Joanne Anderson ManagingEditor
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