Who’s Behind Those Beautiful Flowers?
It’s easy to get so used to seeing our downtown that you stop really seeing it. Little subtleties or perhaps even special qualities you once valued slip from your conscious view and fade to the background....
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Kickstand: Dishing out Bikes and Hope
I first mentioned Kickstand a couple of weeks ago when I encountered Paul Laudeman and Kickstart volunteers at the Parkridge block party. Paul has been with the program from its formal beginning and heads it up...
A New Vehicle for My New Full Time Job
As I make the transition to full-time writer for Inside of Knoxville, our family is making a number of changes. One of the biggest is in the area of transportation. With the exception of a...
Asheville Through a Knoxville Lens
Here’s what this is not: a comparison between Asheville and Knoxville. I haven’t attempted a comparison between two cities in about three years and recently I was told by someone who remembered the last one that...
Abingdon, Virginia: A Great Day Trip from Knoxville
You might have noticed I didn’t post anything, yesterday. I mentioned that I take some days off in the summer to be with family and that’s just what I did. Urban Woman, over the last few...
Did Hank Really Do It This Way?
As a fan of Hank Williams from the time I was too young to really appreciate my own good tastes and as a native of Alabama, it’s a bit confounding that I had never visited Hank’s...