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Sponsored: Enjoy RiddleFest 2022 Featuring The Rev. Robert Jones Sr. and Matt Watroba
The Traditional Voices Group is pleased to announce the headliners for RiddleFest 2022, which will be held Oct. 22 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Burnsville Town Center, South Main Street, Burnsville, N.C. Read more
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The Delights of Vegetable Mixes
Late summer, with the high country edging into the often stifling heat and humidity of Dog Days, finds mountain gardens at their peak of productivity. Read more
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Love is a mean old world
The beauty of the blues is that it’s a style of music you grow up alongside, one where you may pick it up early on and, perhaps, easily, but it’ll take a lifetime to journey down the rabbit hole of its intricate nature. Read more
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Healing Plants of The Smokies
Herbs, flowers, saps and roots have captivated me for almost a decade. After experiencing the power and healing properties of dried herbs and essential oils, I became a true believer in nature’s ability to support the health of the human body. Read more
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Hold Onto Your Helmets
Fact: kids love playing in the mud. The bigger the kid, the bigger the mud puddle required, as the creators of West Virginia’s Hatfield-McCoy Trails have discovered to their delight. Read more
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Courtesy Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
John Parris: Muse Of The Mountains
Through more than 7,000 columns and five books based on them, John Parris preserved knowledge of a rapidly vanishing way of life. In doing so, the storyteller of the mountains also became its sage. Read more
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Sponsored: Enjoy RiddleFest 2022 Featuring The Rev. Robert Jones Sr. and Matt Watroba
The Traditional Voices Group is pleased to announce the headliners for RiddleFest 2022, which will be held Oct. 22 beginning at 7 p.m. in the Burnsville Town Center, South Main Street, Burnsville, N.C. Read more
Sep 7, 2022
12:00 AM
The Delights of Vegetable Mixes
Late summer, with the high country edging into the often stifling heat and humidity of Dog Days, finds mountain gardens at their peak of productivity. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
12:00 AM
Jay Sansone photo
Love is a mean old world
The beauty of the blues is that it’s a style of music you grow up alongside, one where you may pick it up early on and, perhaps, easily, but it’ll take a lifetime to journey down the rabbit hole of its intricate nature. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
12:00 AM
Healing Plants of The Smokies
Herbs, flowers, saps and roots have captivated me for almost a decade. After experiencing the power and healing properties of dried herbs and essential oils, I became a true believer in nature’s ability to support the health of the human body. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
12:00 AM
Mike Wurman photo
Resurrection, At A Price
A visit to Max Patch is like eating dessert before vegetables, I decided after making my first trip there that fall. You exit the car, walk half a mile or so, and cash in on the view. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
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Photo courtesy Ben Anderson
On the Trail in the Smokies
It’s difficult to imagine a more popular part of the Appalachian Trail than the 4-mile stretch from Newfound Gap to the colorfully named Charlies Bunion in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
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Sue Wasserman photo
A Conversation With the Smokies’ Resident Writer
In 2019, Sue Wasserman found out she’d been chosen to spend six weeks living in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as the 2020 Steve Kemp Writer in Residence, a program funded by the Great Smoky Mountains Association. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
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Park Association Publishes Fish Field Guide
Great Smoky Mountains Association has published a field guide dedicated to the aquatic residents of the Smokies. Small enough to fit in a pocket, Fishes of the Smokies includes detailed photography and key details for each species featured. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
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Our Elm Tree
In the summers of my Western North Carolina childhood, my older brother Steve and the neighborhood boys played baseball in our side field. At the upper end of the field stood a stately American elm tree. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
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Don’t Just Read This Book, Pass It Along!
For decades now, politicians of all stripes, corporations, and certain think tanks have touted the wonders a global economy would deliver to the world. Read more
Aug 1, 2022
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