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Two Long-Running Festivals Provide the Warmth of Nostalgia
The Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair and the North Carolina Mineral and Gem Festival serve as a reunion of sorts for those who head to the mountains every year, as well as provide a warm welcome to newcomers. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?
What’s sweet, drips with juice, has a creamy texture somewhat like a mango, is harder than a banana but softer than an apple, and is “like kissing your Gramma’s cheek”? Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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It's Hard to Say Goodbye
The local paper did a full page spread on my dad’s retirement. “The end of an era,” the paper called it. But it was really just the beginning of the end. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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Courtesy of The State Historical Society of Missouri
‘With Me the World has Taken Great Liberties’
As Franklin, Jefferson and Washington were enshrined as founders of the American Republic and exemplars of man in civil society, their contemporary Daniel Boone won fame at the beginning of the westward movement as a man in a state of nature. Read more
Apr 1, 2019
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Daniel Boone Steps Through Time
In late spring 1769, Daniel Boone, America’s pioneer hero, made his first excursion through the Cumberland Gap into the storied land of “ken-te-ke,” setting in motion America’s eventual westward movement. Read more
Apr 1, 2019
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The living melodic bridge: ‘David Holt’s State of Music’
Popular Appalachian music program enters season four on PBS. Read more
Jun 24, 2019
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SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION & TOURISM
Traditions of the South: Peach Cobbler
In South Carolina, peach cobbler truly is a Southern specialty. From the locally sourced peaches to the homemade batter, it will have your mouth watering. Read more
Jun 5, 2019
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Meat Loaf So Good It Makes You Cry
The meat loaf Polly Judd Rideout makes is so good that when her daughter, singer Naomi Judd, was growing up, she and her siblings could take Polly’s meat loaf sandwiches to school and trade for anything that the other kids had in their lunch sacks. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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Garden Skills and Other Stuff You Won’t Find in the Almanac
Gardeners need a good sense of humor. It’s a prerequisite for planting and harvesting. My family’s garden shortcomings emphasize this need. No matter how well intended, “things” were always popping up to foil the best of intentions. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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Palate, Nose and Soul
For eons, spices and teas have offered flavor and solace to the human experience. Whether for medicinal, celebratory or culinary reasons, these simple yet complex pleasures connect people with nature and to one another. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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Grab A Paddle and Float the Cheat
The Upper Cheat River Water Trail, which includes 38 miles of beginner-friendly, class I to II water, is perfect for canoes, recreational kayaks, and family trips. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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Hidden in Plain Sight
When I signed up to spend a day searching for a mountain camellia in the wild, I didn’t know much about what a mountain camellia was. It was a flower, it was rare, and it had some inexplicable air of mystery about it—that’s where my knowledge ended. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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The Mountain Ride Comes to Brevard
The Mountain Ride is one of three bicycle rides hosted each year by Cycle North Carolina. The events—the Coast Ride, the Mountains to Coast Ride, and the Mountain Ride—visit communities across the state each year. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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Telling the Smokies Story
Now education branch chief for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Susan Sachs has worked in the Smokies for the past 20 years, collaborating with scientists, teachers and students to spread appreciation of the park’s vast cultural resources. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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Insects are the Pollinator Professionals
Insects and flowers go back—way back. Flowering plants, scientifically known as angiosperms, are believed to have fully emerged around 140 million years ago. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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An Enduring Tradition
Although I was blissfully unaware of the fact, mine was a blessed childhood. It found me growing up in a fly fishing family; molded by my father and other mentors skilled in the sport; and living within short distance of first-rate trout streams. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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Finding ‘The Right Way’
There are several ways to approach the Qualla Boundary, the formal name of the 58,000 acres known as the Eastern Band of the Cherokee tribal trust lands:. Read more
Jun 1, 2019
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