IP*Works! Version 8.0 RSS Component http://backend.userland.com/rss2 News from the Roanoke Times http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/columns/journal Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.roanoke.com/wrapper/images/bottom_logo.gif http://www.roanoke.com <br><p>One of my favorite places on our farm is not the high knoll with its 360-degree view, or the pond with its shimmering mirror of fall leaves, or the wooded hill with its huge white oaks. </p> <p>I love all these places. Love to find the different shades of light filtering over them through each season. Love the air that stirs the orchard grass, the energy demanded to know these places and the liveliness given in return. </p><a href="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1347764@Position4"><img src="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1347764@Position4" alt="Advertisement"></img></a> http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/columns/journal/wb/227196