There are so many stresses around the holidays. Parties should NOT be one of them.
My husband and I have been hosting a Christmas party every year for 27 years. It …
Party stress isn’t on the menu
Making Christmas bright for 47 kids
The Rotary Club of Farragut is like most Rotary clubs when it comes to community projects. You find out about a need and see if the club has the willingness, …
Happy birthday to a world changer
My older son celebrated his 38th birthday this week. We didn’t go to Nashville to mark the occasion for several reasons, with one of them being I was leaving the …
Change ahead for HonorAir Knoxville
The HonorAir Knoxville flight on April 11, 2018, will be its 26th to our nation’s capital for 130 or so veterans. The HonorAir logo, if you look carefully, carries five …
Growing up a Gardner
I spent the weekend after Thanksgiving Day in North Carolina with my father’s family. Cousin Courtney got married, and we had a glorious reunion of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funny thing …
Travis Parker honored for work with Kiwanis, A.L. Lotts
Two Kiwanis clubs joined to honor a longtime member. Northside Kiwanis and Knoxville Kiwanis clubs met jointly Nov. 22 at The Foundry. Attention turned to Northsider Travis Parker, celebrating his …
Mannis to speak to Farragut Rotary
We’ll be honored on Wednesday (Nov. 29) to welcome Eddie Mannis to the Farragut Rotary Club for his presentation on HonorAir Knoxville. It hits very close to home for Mannis …
Giving Thanksgiving its due
I really want to honor Thanksgiving. It is a sweet, thoughtful holiday, shouldered in between the witchy fun of Halloween and the blessed chaos of Christmas.
How can you not respect …