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The Mountain Q&A – Dolly Parton: The Nation’s Sweetheart, Among So Many Other Things

The award-winning songwriter, entertainer, global philanthropist and creator of Imagination Library is also celebrating the 40th anniversary of her theme park Dollywood.

Battlefield Bird Brain

It’s a jungle out there. Well, at least a bird feeder under siege.

Gifts of the Land: Good Deeds

Doing for the sake of doing is its own reward.

Seven Stages of the Holidays

Tinsel to tinsel, memories to memories.

Singing in the Garden: One Small Fawn

The biggest act of rebellion ... is remaining defiantly hopeful. —Rupert Dreyfus

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The Mountain Q&A – Dolly Parton: The Nation’s Sweetheart, Among So Many Other Things

The award-winning songwriter, entertainer, global philanthropist and creator of Imagination Library is also celebrating the 40th anniversary of her theme park Dollywood.
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Battlefield Bird Brain

It’s a jungle out there. Well, at least a bird feeder under siege.
Eli and Elaine pick persimmons from a neighbor’s backyard tree that had fallen.

Gifts of the Land: Good Deeds

Doing for the sake of doing is its own reward.
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Seven Stages of the Holidays

Tinsel to tinsel, memories to memories.
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Singing in the Garden: One Small Fawn

The biggest act of rebellion ... is remaining defiantly hopeful. —Rupert Dreyfus
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