We couldn’t think of a better person to introduce our blog than Bill Williamson of Crestview. (See “Meet Bill Williamson.”) He’s one of the first people we interviewed for our project, and he was eager to share his story with us. We’ve seen that being a good neighbor matters, to people such as Bill, who moved here more than a half-century ago, and to younger people living here today. The continuum of community—past, present, and … Read more
“A human community, if it is to last long, must exert a sort of centripetal force [moving toward the center], holding local soil and local memory in place. Practically speaking, human society has no work more important than this.” — Wendell Berry, writer, farmer, activist