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Copyright Ashley T. Evans, 2023
Coming Down the Mountain
Sitting in the Innovation Brewing outpost taproom at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, writer David Joy takes a sip of his craft ale and pauses for a moment, slowly scanning the mountains cradling the school. Read more
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The Intimate Process of Harvesting Medicinals
The whine of a lawnmower and the repetitive groan of a tinny engine struggling against thick grass finds my ear. It is always a lawnmower, or a weed eater, or a leaf blower, interrupting my attempt at solitude and on a Sunday no less. Read more
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David Cohen illustration
His Dr. Grabow
It was my job to clean my father’s tobacco pipe—his Dr. Grabow Royal Duke. This straight-stemmed model had a rich briar bowl and, I thought, looked regal. Read more
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'Refined & Approachable' Appalachian Cuisine
Jeff Carter, executive chef at Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro, located on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Townsend, Tennessee, combines old world techniques with local ingredients to deliver modern, approachable cuisine. Read more
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Photo by Robbie Francis, FrancisFilmworks.com
From An Indoor Classroom to the Great World Outdoors
To catch a fish, I had to think like a fish. That realization led me from teaching math to a new career as an outdoor guide. Read more
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Mariel Williams photo
Dirt Highways
If you open your windows on the Old Cataloochee Turnpike in the summertime you will smell innumerable wildflowers and hear, just beyond the rumble of the gravel under your tires, the sound of Cataloochee Creek at the bottom of a narrow valley. Read more
Regional Content:
Ralph Mayer, Saluda, North Carolina
Photo Essay, October 2023
Our readers share their fall photos. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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The Bounty of Black Walnuts
Historically two wild nuts have held pride of place in mountain folkways—the American chestnut and black walnuts. Sadly, the former belongs to a world we have lost as the result of ravages of a virulent blight early in the 20th century. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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“I feel that way, too”
With its latest concept album, “iTopia,” Asheville-based indie-rockers The Get Right Band have offered up food for thought on where we currently stand as a society—this juxtaposition of humanity and technology in the emerging 21st century. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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Holly Kays photo
In the Moment on the A.T.
On a sunny October Monday that also happened to be my birthday, I wandered outside to pet my dog and felt my heart stop. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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On the Trail in the Smokies
In contrast to the short, rocky spur trail named Mount Cammerer that leads from the Appalachian Trail to the historic Cammerer fire tower, the Lower Mount Cammerer Trail bobs and weaves for nearly 7½ miles to a neighboring AT location. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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A Conversation With the National Parks’ Veterans Ambassador
The National Parks Conservation Association has been around for 104 years, but its veterans outreach program has only existed for two. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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A Bit More of a Challenge
Say you’ve reached a point in your golf game where you feel that you’re making progress—the drives are straighter, the chip shots are more accurate, and the putts are falling with greater frequency. You want a bit more of a challenge. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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Photo by Robbie Francis, FrancisFilmworks.com
From An Indoor Classroom to the Great World Outdoors
To catch a fish, I had to think like a fish. That realization led me from teaching math to a new career as an outdoor guide. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
12:00 AM
'Refined & Approachable' Appalachian Cuisine
Jeff Carter, executive chef at Dancing Bear Appalachian Bistro, located on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Townsend, Tennessee, combines old world techniques with local ingredients to deliver modern, approachable cuisine. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
12:00 AM
David Cohen illustration
His Dr. Grabow
It was my job to clean my father’s tobacco pipe—his Dr. Grabow Royal Duke. This straight-stemmed model had a rich briar bowl and, I thought, looked regal. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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An Embodied, Complex, Powerful Story
Those We Thought We Knew is the haunting, pitch perfect title of the latest novel by Western North Carolina’s own David Joy, who, at the ripe old age of 39 has already written more acclaimed novels than you can shake a stick at. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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“We Will Always Love You”
On May 12, 2023, I trekked to Pigeon Forge from my home in Asheville with my two adult children for the opening day of Big Bear Mountain, the newest roller coaster. I’ve been taking them to Dollywood since they were small tots. Read more
Oct 1, 2023
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Curtis Hilbun/Dollywood
Skip Sickler / Courtesy of Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation
Warren White, Lancaster, Ohio
