COVID-19: 8/31/2022 Update
It’s been about six weeks since my last article on COVID-19. No one wished more than myself that it would be my last. But here we are: After showing signs of slowing, the spread of COVID-19...
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Inside Cities in the Midwest
Hopefully you didn’t notice, but Urban Woman and I slipped away for eleven days earlier this month, traveling north through Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. Most of that time was spent in Wisconsin...
Metro Drug Coalition: Growing to Meet Current Needs
In the articles I’ve written over the last year regarding homelessness in the city, one of the themes has been the issue of drug addiction and the perception that it has increased and is more open....
We Must Have a Better School Board
I’ve never endorsed political candidates on this webpage. I’ve interviewed them a number of times, and covered events and forums, always attempting simply to present the facts and urge every eligible voter to get out and...
COVID-19: 7/18/2022 Update
It was just over four months ago that I gave the most recent COVID-19 update. While I’m not picking up regular COVID updates again, it seemed a good moment to bring up the topic once more....
An Opportunity to Help a Downtown Friend
Many of you know Art Carmichael. As much as anyone, he is a part of the fabric of downtown. A downtown resident for years, I first met Art, I believe, at the Just Ripe Half Birthday...
Downtown K-Town Connect Ambassadors: What Do They Do?
Since the program was announced last April, the ambassadors employed in the K-Town Connect program have been daily working their way around downtown. You might spot them in their bright neon-green shirts. The program launched almost...
Pro-Choice Protests Erupt in Knoxville After Roe V Wade Overturned
As was expected after the leaked opinion last month, Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court Decision which declared legal abortion to be a woman’s constitutional right, was overturned last Friday. The decision, which was also...
Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens 2022, Part Two
We pick up the tour at 605 Caswell, just across from 610 where yesterday’s article ended. Built in 1905, the home went through multiple hands, with owners sometimes staying as little as a year. In 1919,...
Fourth and Gill Tour of Homes and Secret Gardens 2022, Part One
I would like to express a word of thanks to the Fourth and Gill Neighborhood Association who presented their thirty-second tour of homes and gardens this past Saturday. The tour was wonderful, as always, but I’m...