Stories that capture a sense of place & our relationship to it.™

The River Moves, Always

“Perhaps it is the vibrancy of this place or maybe I’m finally letting go. As I cast, I realize it’s the latter guiding my line. Where I once held tightly to the familiar, I’ve now found growth in release. It is much like catching trout, pausing for admiration of their beauty before setting them back in the water so we both may continue our respective courses. And, like the trout, I am finally allowing myself to move with the river, rather than against it. So true how fly fishing’s lessons follow those on land!”

-Prose & Wine, April 2026

Fly Fishing the Space Between Seasons

“For one writer, a float trip down eastern Tennessee’s South Holston River provides reflection as he finds patience in letting go and peace in realizing his son is growing up.”

-Blue Ridge Outdoors

Terroir of Aloha: Syrah Finds Its Hawai’ian Home

“There are two wineries hidden away where one would least expect: up steep slopes on a remote south Pacific chain of islands. Nourished by the sacred volcanic soils of Kīlauea and Haleakalā, Hawai’ian viniculture and winemaking flourish with the noble grape Syrah as it delicately expresses some of the most unique terroir on Earth.”

-The Vintner Project

Reflections of a Cold War Kid

“It was early spring 1993. The Soviet Union was no more. Yet, its remnants lingered as a group of Academy students participated in an exchange program at St. Peterburg School #631. We all brought back mementos. I brought back Vlad. Not because I admire him, but as a reminder of what ideology can do when valued over humanity.”

-The Path