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Fred First holds masters degrees in Vertebrate Zoology and physical therapy, and has been a biology teacher and physical therapist by profession. He moved to southwest Virginia in 1975 and to Floyd County in 1997. He maintains a daily photo-blog, broadcasts essays on the Roanoke NPR station, and contributes regular columns for the Floyd Press and Roanoke's Star Sentinel. His two non-fiction books, Slow Road Home and his recent What We Hold in Our Hands, celebrate the riches that we possess in our families and communities, our natural bounty, social capital and Appalachian cultures old and new. He has served on the Jacksonville Center Board of Directors and is newly active in the Sustain Floyd organization. He lives in northeastern Floyd County on the headwaters of the Roanoke River.
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I think it’s a Galax,Fred. But living in the proximity of the town named for it does give me an edge.
… spicebush?
I thought the latin word for milk was latte. I guess I hang out at citified coffee shops too much.
I’m not the first, but it’s Galax. When we got married and my husband started taking me hiking, it was one of the wildflowers he taught me the first year.
Ahh, Galax. I recognized it right away. The musky scent of it means summer to me, and Appalachian forests, and home.