January 2018

Cookie on Chestnut Ridge Loop Trail, 12/10.

Through the Cold

Cold weather couldn't deter Kurt and family from their monthly hikes. Read on about his December 2017 adventures.
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Hand-Painted Gems, Just Around the Corner

Suzi Parron is the author of “Barn Quilts and the American Quilt Trail Movement” and “Following the Barn Quilt Trail.”
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Growing Forgiveness

My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. —Mitch Hedberg
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New Book: 70 Years of Northeast Tennesee’s Ridgewood Barbecue

Our food columnist, Fred Sauceman, writes of smoky ham, secret sauce, and blue cheese dressing.
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Back to the Gap

Twenty-two years after her first visit in 1995, our writer went to the Cumberland Gap to see what had changed…and what had stayed the same.

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Behind Blue Ridge Country

Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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