Tales from the Ragged Mountains: Tracking Poe Through an Autumn Tour of Virginia

First, I am doing much, much better in body and mind after last month’s scare. I don’t want to dwell on it, other than to say “I’m much better.”

Now, with that out of way, I want to dive back into life and the gathering autumn. For me this season has always been a time of rebirth and renewal, of turning to new and different things as we look forward to the promise of a new year. And what better way to celebrate than to get out there and enjoy the change of weather?

“…It was night in the lon...