BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1205@rockfishcc.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230830T200000 DTSTAMP:20230809T170403Z URL:https://rockfishcc.org/events/micro-books-brews-series/ SUMMARY:Micro Books & Brews Series DESCRIPTION:\n\nStone Soup Books and WMRA present "Micro Books &\; Brews " at RVCC!  This series is modeled on the original Books &\; Brews\, w hich is is an author series focused on discussions with writers from our a rea\, hosted by Mary Katharine Froehlich.\n\nSeries Dates:  Wednesdays Au gust 30\, September 27\, and October 25.\n\nWednesday\, August 30:   Acr oss the Blue Ridge Mountains by M.S. Marangione.\n\nhttps://www.stonesoupb ooks.net/product-page/across-the-blue-ridge-mountains\n\n\n\nAcross the Bl ue Ridge Mountains is a deeply researched novel firmly based in history t hat captures how a woman\, regardless of time period\, has to live by the fateful decisions she makes and how resilience and showing up to the table are her only ways forward. Through her life's journey\, a stream of chara cters appear that reflects the best and worst in her but inevitably force her to grow in ways she may not be ready for. Ultimately\, her inner stren gth must rise to meet many challenges.\n\nEarly Praise for Across the Blue Ridge Mountains "An ambitious\, important\, and beautifully written firs t novel by a gifted new writer. Maggie Marangione deeply knows the Virgini a mountain towns she writes of and the hard lives within. In Mary Dodson\, she has created a clear voiced\, brave\, and unforgettable heroine equal to the myriad challenges she faces. I read this book in blazing gulps\, an d thought about it for days after I finished the last page"-Tom Barbash\, author of The Dakota Winters\n\n"Across the Blue Ridge Mountains paints a picture of the life and times in the Blue Ridge Mountains just before the coming of Shenandoah National Park like no other book I've read. It transp orts me there with accurate details in an immersive saga."-Sue Eisenfeld\, author of Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal\n\nAbout the A uthor:\n\nM.S. Marangione fell in love with the Blue Ridge Mountains when in her early twenties and moved to Virginia from New York. One evening\, when at the Alexandria Public Library in Northern Virginia\, she came acro ss a display on Shenandoah National Park with photos of the mountain famil ies and books like Hollow Folk\, the Undying Past of Shenandoah National P ark\, Recollections\; The People of the Blue Ridge Remember. At that time\ , the mid-1980s\, these were the only books published\, and Hollow Folk wa s highly biased. Yet\, it lit a fire in her to discover more about the peo ple and families of the Shenandoah National Park.\n\nWhen Marangione moved to the Shenandoah Valley\, leaving her intelligence analyst career and be coming a teacher\, she dived into the research and spent many hours locati ng the old homesites on the SNP. After presenting at many academic confere nces on the subject\, one winter’s morning\, Mary’s voice emerged and Marangione started writing Across the Blue Ridge Mountains.\n\nM.S. Marang ione is a Professor of American and Appalachian Literature at Blue Ridge C ommunity College. Her poetry has been published in Lumina magazine\, Sagew oman\, and the North Shore Woman’s Newspaper.\n\nWednesday\, September 2 7:  Hiking &\; Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway by Leonard M. Adkins\n \n\n https://www.stonesoupbooks.net/product-page/hiking-traveling-the-blu e-ridge-parkway\n\n\n\nThis comprehensive guidebook provides a detailed de scription of every official National Park Service trail along the Blue Rid ge Parkway. But that's just the beginning: veteran hiker Leonard M. Adkins includes information on every trail that touches the parkway\, including the Appalachian Trail and other public pathways on national park\, state p ark\, national forest\, municipal\, and private lands\, along with citatio ns for the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. Far more than a guide to the trails\, t his book will help you plan your whole trip. It's the perfect companion fo r your next parkway adventure.\n\n\n\nAbout the Author:\nLeonard M. Adkins has hiked more than 21\,000 miles exploring the backcountry areas of Nort h America\, Europe\, New Zealand and the Caribbean\, including 5 traverses of the full length of the Appalachian Trail. An award-winning author\, hi s 21 books include Hiking and Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway and All About the Appalachian Trail (for readers ages 8-12). His newest\, Hiking Virginia: North of US 60 was just released Spring of 2023.\n\nLeonard ha s 21 other books about Hiking in VA and hopes to also spotlight 2 others o f his most recently released\, Hike Virginia North of US 60\, and All Abo ut the Appalachian Trail\nWednesday\, October 25:  Energetic Herbalism by Kat Maier\n\n\n\nhttps://www.stonesoupbooks.net/product-page/energetic-he rbalism\n\nIn this indispensable new resource both for the home apothecary and clinical practitioners\, a celebrated herbalist brings alive the elem ental relationships among traditional healing practices\, ecological stewa rdship\, and essential plant medicines.\n\nBy honoring ancient wisdom and presenting it in an innovative way\, Energetic Herbalism is a profound a nd practical guide to family and community care for those seeking to move beyond symptom relief and into a truly holistic framework of health. Throu ghout\, author Kat Maier invites readers to explore their personal relatio nships with plants and their environs as they discover diverse models of h ealing.\n\nInside Energetic Herbalism\, you’ll find:\n\n The elements and patterns of Ayurvedic doshas for greater self-awareness as well as pos itive lifestyle choices\n A deep appreciation of the wisdom of indigenous peoples\, which is the foundation of sacred plant traditions\n The relat ionship of well-being to the seasons through the brilliant lens of Chinese Five Element Theory\, and how our emotional health is beautifully express ed through the Elements\n The roots and evolution of Vitalism\, the tradi tional Western system of energetic medicine\n How to assess imbalances in the body using the elegant and intuitive vocabulary of the six tissue sta tes\, an emerging tool in Western herbalism\n The senses as the main tool s for navigating through energetic herbalism\n\nThrough the rich herbal tr adition of storytelling\, Maier seamlessly blends theory and practice with her experience-tested herbal remedies and healing protocols. Maier stress es the critical message of how to address the challenge of threatened medi cinal plant populations\, offering practical and inspiriting methods for e nsuring their survival. Many herbals boast a materia medica of more than 1 00 herbs\, but in keeping with an emphasis on sustainable practice\, Maier instead focuses in depth on 25 essential medicinal herbs that can be gro wn in most temperate climates and soils\, including:\n\n Dandelion\n Ash wagandha (Indian Ginseng)\n Goldenseal\n Burdock\n Calendula\n Echinac ea\n Goldenrod\n\nWhether you are a seasoned clinical herbalist\, an herb alist-in-training\, or simply someone seeking to provide the best natural health care for your family\, this book is a source of inspiration\, insig ht\, and answers you will return to again and again.\n\nAbout the Author:\ n\nKat Maier RH\, (AHG) is the founder and director of Sacred Plant Tradi tions\, a center for herbal studies in Charlottesville\, Virginia. In clin ical practice for over 30 years\, Kat teaches internationally at universit ies\, conferences\, and herbal schools. She began her study of plants as a Peace Corps volunteer\, and her training as a Physician’s Assistant all ows her to weave the language of biomedicine into her practice of traditio nal energetic herbalism. She is a founding member of Botanica Mobile Clini c\, a nonprofit dedicated to providing accessible herbal medicine to local communities\, and has served as president of United Plant Savers. She is the author of Energetic Herbalism (Chelsea Green\, November 2021).\nRVCC 's Micro Books &\; Brews series is sponsored by Bevin Cetta Boisvert &a mp\; Howard Hanna Real Estate Services.\n\n\n \; CATEGORIES:RVCC Fundraisers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR