A friend of mine first introduced me to this magazine a couple of years ago. He knew of my interest in writing and of photography. He thought this might be a good magazine to "break into the market" so to speak. Though I haven't yet submitted anything to them, I agree with my friend.
What I really like about this magazine is that the photographs are not pictures of the fantastic mountains, the scenic beaches, the beautiful lakes. Though those things are nice, of course, they get ample coverage in other magazines. What this magazine gives you is photos of the ordinary and everyday scenes of life around us. Their photographers can take a scene that might not be too interesting if you were driving by it on the highway, but somehow are beautiful, picturesque, or just plain interesting through their eyes.
I live on the dry side of Washington State--most travel writers and tourism divisions basically skip this part of the state thinking there is nothing here to see. Wonderfully, I have seen many pictures from my neck of the woods (well, no ACTUAL woods here!) featured in this magazine. The May issue has no less than four pictures from eastern Washington, all but one from remote areas. This is really great that they give the less glorified areas some coverage. The rolling hills of the Palouse Country are beautiful in June!
Though the pictures are the highlight for me, there are several regular features. Similar to Birds and Blooms, it has a section called Can You Help Me, in which readers ask each other country-related questions, everything from favorite recipes, to furniture repair, to locating some sheet music. There are feature stories about an interesting country person, country kids, and country get-togethers. There are country churches, country inns, and country recipes. Readers are invited to send in their recipes, photos, and best country stories. I also enjoyed one of this month's articles about a champion oak tree. I really like these type of stories about the biggest, smallest, longest, whatever... We have a few champion trees in Washington.
Like the other magazines by Reiman Publications, this magazine contains no ads. What a welcome relief. Not even any business reply cards. The only thing ad-related that I wouldn't mind seeing is a "for more information" type of reply card. But it's not really missed. I also wish the people who write requesting help would supply an e-mail address; it would be much more likely that I would write. Of course some of them may be SO rural that internet access is out of the question (can you imagine?).
I love this magazine; the only reason I haven't subscribed is my backlog is already almost three feet tall. Once I plow through it, Country magazine will be at the top of my list.
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