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Southern Bookstores
There is something hauntingly seductive about old Southern second-hand bookstores that draws me like honeybees to nectar. I descend a step that is not quite where I expect it to be, to enter what some would see as just an old house filled with books. Read more
Apr 1, 2020
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A Conversation with the Smokies’ History Guardian
Baird Todd has done collections and museum curation work at National Park Service units across the country, but since November 2016 he’s been the curator at the at the National Park Service Collections Preservation Center in Townsend, Tennessee. Read more
Feb 1, 2020
‘Let the Mountain People Tell Their Own Stories’
The world of cultural research in the Great Smoky Mountains lost one of its foremost scholars with the passing of Dr. Michael Montgomery on July 24, 2019. Read more
Feb 1, 2020
Our Garden Snake
On the television news, a herpetologist explained that September was the time for baby black rat snakes to hatch from their leathery eggs. He brought a mother snake and her hatchlings with him to the studio. Read more
Feb 1, 2020
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The Magic of Mushrooms
Mushrooms, once considered a fungal anomaly when compared to more aesthetically appealing foods, have moved to the forefront as a culinary and medicinal treasure. Read more
Feb 1, 2020
Love and Tradition at the Christmas Tree Farm
A Christmas tree has always been the cornerstone of my holiday experience. My family had a tradition of purchasing our tree from the local Optimist Club who set up a camper in the parking lot of Bi-Lo. Read more
Dec 1, 2019
