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More Than Just Bluegrass
Loretta Lynn, Bill Monroe, The Judds, Dwight Yoakam, Patty Loveless and Carly Pearce—those are just a few of the names you’ll see enshrined at the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame & Museum. Read more
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Traditional New Year's Fare
My mother always was a great one, on the food front, for starting New Year’s off right. Our family normally ate our main meal of the day at noon, and in traditional mountain talk we called it dinner. Read more
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Nature Abounds, Up and Down, at Caesars Head State Park
At first glance, the Caesars Head overlook is something to behold. But when you move past those initial impressions, the state park—nestled in the northwest corner of South Carolina—is even more of a wonder. Read more
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Best Fall Fruit in Our Mountains
I was first introduced to the persimmon one September day when I was eight years old. An older neighborhood boy said he had a real treat for me … all I had to do was taste it. Read more
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How Bookmobiles Came to North Carolina’s High Country
The library system in the high country counties of Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey still runs a bookmobile. Their long history doesn’t start with the first bookmobile. It actually starts with the first settlers to the mountains. Read more
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In the Park, Cataloochee Saw Helene’s Worst
As Hurricane Helene fomented in the Caribbean, it seemed likely that Great Smoky Mountains National Park would take a direct hit. The storm reached Category 4 before slamming Florida’s Gulf Coast, then headed north toward the Smokies. Read more
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Traditional New Year's Fare
My mother always was a great one, on the food front, for starting New Year’s off right. Our family normally ate our main meal of the day at noon, and in traditional mountain talk we called it dinner. Read more
Nov 27, 2024
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It's Better with Butter
In a world of uncertainty, where hurricanes rip up our roots and world leadership seems to hang from a thread, there is one sure constant: It’s better with butter! Read more
Nov 27, 2024
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Scarred But Smarter
In the annals of American rock music, few storied bands have withstood the test of time and endured with such integrity and grit as Drivin N Cryin. Formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1985, the group is quickly approaching its 40th anniversary. Read more
Nov 27, 2024
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On the Trail in the Smokies
Horace Kephart is a name that has been intertwined with the Great Smoky Mountains for more than a century, primarily because of his book Our Southern Highlanders. Read more
Nov 27, 2024
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How Bookmobiles Came to North Carolina’s High Country
The library system in the high country counties of Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey still runs a bookmobile. Their long history doesn’t start with the first bookmobile. It actually starts with the first settlers to the mountains. Read more
Nov 27, 2024
12:00 AM
Best Fall Fruit in Our Mountains
I was first introduced to the persimmon one September day when I was eight years old. An older neighborhood boy said he had a real treat for me … all I had to do was taste it. Read more
Nov 27, 2024
12:00 AM
Nature Abounds, Up and Down, at Caesars Head State Park
At first glance, the Caesars Head overlook is something to behold. But when you move past those initial impressions, the state park—nestled in the northwest corner of South Carolina—is even more of a wonder. Read more
Nov 27, 2024
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Travis Bumgardner illustration
An Appalachian Christmas Tree
In the way back woods of Appalachia circa 1978, everyone I knew had a special place where they procured a tree for the holidays. A place where perfection is cultivated. Read more
Nov 27, 2024
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Living On the Road Less Traveled
For years now, Wayne Caldwell has been writing a creative fictional history for Western North Carolina. His new book River Road is something of a sequel to his earlier collection of poems. Read more
Nov 27, 2024
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David Cohen illustration
A Tractor Reborn for Christmas
The 1957 D-17 Allis-Chalmers tractor, faded by the sun and long unserviceable from languishing for years in the old machine shed, has recently been brought back to life by my cousin Gilbert. Read more
Nov 27, 2024
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The Smell of Wood Smoke
On winter mornings, the smell wood smoke in the air reminds me of my family’s wood stove. Our wood-fired cook stove stood in the dining room near the table. It was cast iron and had several cooking eyes, a water reservoir, and a baking oven. Read more
Sep 24, 2024
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The Many Virtues of Venison
As a mountain boy who grew up in the Smokies in the 1950s, though I was hunting, fishing, or just prowling around in the woods at every opportunity, my encounters with deer were almost non-existent. Read more
Sep 23, 2024
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