Green Gem

Where I Once Caught Lightning Bugs, I Find Myself

Sometimes the places I go are the places I came from. Imprinted from infancy with a sense of belonging, I cannot help but return to the small community of Meadowview, Virginia. Tucked away in the hazy Blue Ridge Mountains, Meadowview hugs the old Virginia Carolina railroad line which once hauled lumber cut from the high virgin forests of southwest Virginia. A river unfurls like a skein of silver along its hems, and some of the highest peaks in the state surround forests and farmland. The area is a green gem …