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Apple Time in the High Country
Two or three generations ago almost every mountain homestead had apple trees. Whether or not they rose to the status of meriting the term orchard, they provided welcome, indeed needful, additions to the family’s diet. Read more
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Don’t Know Where I’m Going, All I Know Is Where I’ve Gone
For the better part of the last decade, 49 Winchester has been relentlessly working its way through the Southeast music industry—playing every stage and festival that’ll have’em. Read more
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Beth Heile photo
Having Faith In A Place
When traveling through Valdese, North Carolina, visitors may be struck by an attitude—in the architecture, the history, the personal stories—of a much older community. That sense isn’t misplaced; Valdese began as a place of respite. Read more
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Saving Waterfalls
I fell in love with DuPont Forest only a few years after its creation. But in the year 2000, High Falls and other waterfalls and lakes were in serious danger of being part of a high-end housing development instead of public land. Read more
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Arnold Guyot's New Gap in the 'Geographer's Range'
On a hot summer day in 1859, a sweaty North Carolinian slashed through thick heath and trees to the high crest of the Smokies. He was a local man named Robert Collins, one of few locals who had any interest in trekking so high in the steep mountains. Read more
Regional Content:
Michael Koenig
Photo Essay, October 2020
See photo submissions from readers of Smoky Mountain Living magazine. Read more
Oct 1, 2020
12:00 AM
Apple Time in the High Country
Two or three generations ago almost every mountain homestead had apple trees. Whether or not they rose to the status of meriting the term orchard, they provided welcome, indeed needful, additions to the family’s diet. Read more
Oct 1, 2020
12:00 AM
Don’t Know Where I’m Going, All I Know Is Where I’ve Gone
For the better part of the last decade, 49 Winchester has been relentlessly working its way through the Southeast music industry—playing every stage and festival that’ll have’em. Read more
Oct 1, 2020
12:00 AM
Holly Kays photo
A Cold Night and A Warm Fire On the A.T.
I’d been feeling low-level grumpy for weeks about the fact that I’d somehow failed to fit a single backpacking trip into the fall months when an interesting message popped up on Facebook. Read more
Oct 1, 2020
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Some Don’t Want to Blend In
The regal forms of butterflies and moths are often some of the most memorable visitors to a landscape. Although they tend to look quite different, both belong to the same order of insects, Lepidoptera. Read more
Oct 1, 2020
12:00 AM
A Conversation With A Smokies Stargazer
After retiring to Swain County following successive careers in engineering and nursing, Knox Worde’s lifelong interest in science turned skyward. Worde currently serves as president of the Astronomy Club of Asheville. Read more
Oct 1, 2020
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Pocket Knives
During my childhood, I liked to watch my father sharpen the clip blade of his pocket knife. He applied a thin layer of honing oil to his whetstone, and as he held the blade at an angle, he carefully stroked it across the stone till he was satisfied. Read more
Oct 1, 2020
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The Lives of Others: David Joy’s When These Mountains Burn
Writer David Joy once said, “Good fiction allows the reader to step inside the body of another and view the world from a different perspective for a while. That’s the foundation for empathy, I think, the ability to view the world from the perspective Read more
Oct 1, 2020
12:00 AM
Saving Waterfalls
I fell in love with DuPont Forest only a few years after its creation. But in the year 2000, High Falls and other waterfalls and lakes were in serious danger of being part of a high-end housing development instead of public land. Read more
Oct 1, 2020
12:00 AM
A Fascination with Bigfoot
You may have felt it while hiking in the woods or spending time in nature—the sensation of being watched, yet there was no visible confirmation of anything to cause that feeling. Read more
Oct 1, 2020
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Makins From Maters
Along with corn, most consider tomatoes, usually just called “maters” in traditional mountain vernacular, the quintessence of foodstuffs from mountain gardens. Tomatoes are so versatile, so tasty, and come in so many varieties they are irresistible. Read more
Aug 1, 2020
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