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Cooperative Living Magazine

To be perfectly honest, I did not know about Cooperative Living Magazine and its online persona until our own magazines’ contributing author and friend Ann Mullen was honored as 2006 Favorite Virginia Author.

Of course, we congratulate Ann. (Winners are chosen by the public and votes from readers of the magazine.) Ann Mullen is an author with a great future and we are very glad she is spending it in Greene County.

We celebrate with Ann because she is one of Greene County’s own and that makes us proud. (Greene residents know we have a fantastic county with superlative people but it is always nice when someone else recognizes this fact.)

Since I was happy for Ann and for Greene, I was inclined to be neighborly toward the magazine as well. As it turned out, after reading through the pages, I felt right at home.

Perhaps, much of the magazine’s personality comes from the concept of co-operatives in the first place. These entities work together with residents in providing electricity to the communities they serve.

Since I know many co-op members, it comes as no surprise to me the magazine makes a comfortable read. It is like easy conversations with good friends. You learn something, you laugh and you are glad you spent time with them.

The Say Cheese section was an immediate favorite for me. Featuring photos sent in by readers, there are enough funny pet, cute kids and Virginia scenery pictures to elicit a smile or an “ahh” from anyone but a confirmed curmudgeon.

Down Home is another section worth checking repeatedly. Towns and cities in Virginia are profiled with pictures, interviews and a personal look at the communities we call home.

What a great way to travel the area and plan a visit. Our magazines’ readers are campaigning to make Greene County an upcoming destination.

I found the easiest way to reach every section was to click on the Archives link, then the Sections link for a listing of stories.

In the current/August issue which features the Best in Virginia contest winners (including Ann), you must read the editorial by Richard G. Johnstone Jr. (Yes, I know you have freewill and freedom of choice and all that and don’t have to do anything you don’t want to but I would strongly suggest you read this editorial.)

Titled The Way Life Should Be, the column asks the questions and makes the observations familiar to many of us. Johnstone’s quirky musings over a family trip to Las Vegas are truly funny and his philosophy on dry heat mirrors my own.

Most of all, he comes to the conclusion that Virginia is the way life should be. Don’t we all agree?

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