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Madison County View

Monday, December 29, 2014

Get local! New ASAP calendars now available.


 I got the cover of the new ‪#‎ASAPconnections‬ calendar! Support these folks, their famous bumper sticker, and all the great things they do for local farmers. ASAP's mission is to help local farms thrive, link farmers to markets and supporters, and build healthy communities through connections to local food.
We are proud to represent August and local tomatoes. This picture makes me want Root Bottom Farm tomatoes...like, now... ‪#‎getlocal‬ ‪#‎sarahjonesphotography‬ #rootbottomfarm

Friday, December 12, 2014

Three new titles from Sarah Jones Photography!

Check them out! All softcovers start at only $20.

Tell your friends.

On the Farm ABCs

 Learn ABCs on the farm! This fun full color book was photographed on Root Bottom Farm and on friend's farms in North Carolina. http://www.blurb.com/b/5852275-on-the-farm-abcs

Root Bottom Recipes

Any cooks out there looking for good farm to table recipes? Check out Root Bottom Recipes, my newly updated collection of our farm favorites with all new images from Root Bottom Farm. http://www.blurb.com/b/5847281-root-bottom-recipes


Learning with Photography

Know any little readers out there? Learn letters, numbers and shapes through this fun photography collection of images gathered around the country. http://www.blurb.com/b/5837974-learning-with-photography


Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Sarah Jones Photography Festival Schedule 2014

Check out Sarah Jones Photography this Summer at one of the following fine festivals.

Trail Fest     
Hot Springs, NC April 12

Trail Days 
Damascus, VA     May 16-18

Black Mountain Arts & Craft Show 
Black Mountain, NC     May 30-31

Bluff Mountain Festival
Hot Springs, NC     June 14

Asheville Art in the Park
     Asheville, NC     June 21

Asheville Art in the Park
Asheville, NC     June 28

Art on the Island
Marshall, NC     September 27

Asheville Art in the Park
     Asheville, NC     October 11

Asheville Art in the Park
Asheville, NC     October 18

Art After Dark - Opening
"The Road Less Traveled"
@ The Strand at 38 Main in Waynesville, NC





The Road Less Traveled - @ Zumas in Marshall

The Road Less Traveled

@ ZUMA Coffee in Marshall, NC
May 2014
The Road Less Traveled is a project that grew from a love of getting lost. 
These photographs document paths followed and choices made.

Come check out my new work hanging in the heart of Marshall.

The AT Symbol Poster - is 5 years old!

The AT Poster is comprised of 444 different Appalachian Trail symbols, in chronological order, that I photographed on my 2008 thru-hike; 18x24. I photographed all of the images and designed it myself. It fits the standard 18x24 frame that you can get anywhere. This year the poster turns five years old!


You can currently find posters at these fine establishments:
Amicalola Falls State Park Dawsonville GA gastateparks.org/AmicalolaFalls
Bluff Mountain Outfitters Hot Springs, NC www.bluffmountain.com
Second Gear Asheville, NC secondgearwnc.com
Curtis Wright Outfitters Weaverville,NC curtiswrightoutfitters.com
Hot Springs Spa & Resort Hot Springs, NCnchotsprings.com
The Laurel River Store Hurricane, NC facebook.com/LaurelRiverStore
Mast General Store Asheville, NC mastgeneralstore.com
Madison Welcome Center Mars Hill, NC visitmadisoncounty.com
Mount Rogers Outfitters Damascus, VA mtrogersoutfitters.com
The Winchester Book Gallery Winchester, VA winchesterbookgallery.org
Appalachian Outdoors Adventures Luray, VA aoaluray.com
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy Harpers Ferry, WV appalachiantrail.org
Backcountry Outfitters Kent, CT bcoutfitters.com‎
Camp Tekakwitha Leeds, ME
The AT Cafe Millinocket, ME appalachiantraillodge.com

If you know of an outfitter or store that should carry the AT Poster please send them my way.

Sunday, April 06, 2014

Seven Degrees of Sarah Jones

By reading this blog you are one degree closer to Kevin Bacon. My little brother is a great contender at the game "Seven degrees of Kevin Bacon" and he knows more obscure facts about more pop culture topics than anyone I know, but technically I win. Once, while skiing in Utah, Kevin Bacon skied right next to me. I was standing on top of a mountain and had taken a short break. He skied right next to me, stopped and then continued down the trail. I could barely type my brother's number in my phone fast enough. "Dude, you're one degree from Kevin Bacon! He just skied next to me." I said breathlessly.
"Are you sure?"
"Yup, his wife skied right behind him."
I am one degree from Kevin Bacon. For the win.

So, this one time...

I am a story teller. Ask anyone who knows me. Random shit happens to me...All the time. Ask anyone knows me. I am a talker. My Dad is a talker. My Grandpa is a talker. They are both storytellers and weavers of tales. Ask anyone that knows them.

When I was a little girl, my mom bought me a typewriter. I hacked away at those stiff keys and wrote make believe tales for years. I have kept three journals in my life. Two of which were taken and read by people who had no right to do so. I have my BA in Journalism and a minor in Creative Writing from Virginia Tech. Since I left college, my storytelling has turned to a more descriptive, spoken style. I blame the drinking. And the love to make people laugh out loud. My friends keep telling me that I need to start writing some of these down. I went on to get my MFA in Photography and moved on to telling stories through the lens.

The hardest part of starting a new project is starting. I've been meaning to do this for years. It seems there is no better time than now.  One of my favorite writing professors at Virginia Tech, Sam Riley, was an inspiration to me on so many levels. He really challenged my writing and was the push I needed to take it further. A few years ago, he contacted me to give him one of my stories for a blog he was working on. We caught up and I was honored to be remembered by such an amazing man. As a professor, I can only hope to be that inspirational to my students.

Sam Riley passed away this Winter. If that's not a reason to get writing, I don't know what is.
Here is goes...
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