FALL 2018
That’s the
Spirit... and more Spooky spiders
Haunted houses Paranormal patrol Spirit photography a how-to guide
PLUS: Unexplainable phenomena Yeah, we’ve got that
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“Above and Beyond�
IN THE
Fall 2018 – We’ve Got Spirit
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PHOTO BY BETSY BURKE PARKER
PHOTO BY TAYLOR DABNEY
FACES & PLACES 18 The new (para)normal 19 A host of local ghosts 20 Who's haunting the old Mosby House? (Probably not him.)
LIFE & STYLE 36 Spirit photography poised to take off this season as a return to Victorian style 37 Local realtor Sandy Sullivan recalls her role in 'The Exorcist'
21 History of haunts 23 Kerry Waters, teaching yoga with a twist 25 Waterloo Bridge primed for a third century 28 Restful resting place 29 Weimaraners: graceful party animals
39 Reeves Blackmon serves up a cup of conservation 40 Call the cops: they give meaning to 'the graveyard shift' 43 Great Pumpkin Ride 44 It's Samhain season
30 Meet history pro Suzanne Obetz
EXTRAS
48 PHOTO BY BETSY BURKE PARKER
FOOD & WINE 48 They're the spirit guides of Granite Heights 49 Taking to the Virginia Wine Trail 50 Winner, winner: local wineries rule in Governor's Cup 53 It's la dolce vita at Grioli's Italian cafe 53 The higher power that's behind a new cookbook 54 Wine, booze, beer, cheer: Take your pick at Old House winery
62 PHOTO BY SALLY HARMON SEMPLE
HOME & GARDEN 58 Translating shinrin yoku into renewed health and well-being 59 Follow our guide for successful season of fall-planted trees 61 Along came a spider (and, boy, was she surprised.) 62 Discover the magic behind a fairy circle 64 Stately cemetery trees live out their long lives in a most restful place
55 Falling for autumn beer
ON THE COVER
n County tidbits ..................8 n Then and now ................11 n Side by side ...................18 n The Last Word ............... 66
18 PHOTO BY RANDY LITZINGER
Photographer Chris Cerrone says the colors of this former church steeple in Paris selected for the cover caught his eye one bright autumn morning. "The color contrast was amazing," he says, noting that the rich blue of the sky and tawny stucco went well with the red fish-scale slate roof. The former Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1895. Now known as Ashby Chapel, it is used for private events at the adjacent Ashby Inn. Chris manually set his camera – a Nikon 5500 fitted with a 70200mm lens at 150mm, apeture f9, shutter speed 1/800. "The strong lines in the photo draw your eye upwards." Chris describes using "negative space to emphasize the subject. "I like the interaction of spiritual and scientific, the old steeple and the moon." He felt the same balance in his other cover submission, the serene morning scene at right at a local graveyard. "Dawn and dusk are my favorite times to shoot because the light can be used to elicit emotion. I liked the diagonal line of the gravestones creating movement across this shot."
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