When Linda Underwood opened her gift shop and stationery store in the Gallery shopping center in 1984, you were likely to find typewriter ribbons and filing cabinets amid the Hallmark …
Songwriters Showcase offers even more live music in Farragut
I had the privilege of attending the Governor’s Conference on Hospitality and Tourism last fall with the town’s tourism coordinator, Karen Tindal. The final session we attended was about hosting …
Volunteers of Rescue Squad are ‘extra special’
It was a one-two punch from John Whited and Julie Greene, and their messages focused on the Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad (KVERS). Whited is the deputy chief, and Greene …
Stretching beyond my borders
In four months I will be the age that my mother was when she died. I was 35, and she was 65. While I am convinced that you never completely …
Lost Concord: How Fort Loudoun Lake reshaped a historic village
The handsome older buildings on Lake Ridge Drive, in the historic village of Concord, give lie to the idea that everything in West Knoxville is new, new, new. The red-brick …
Farragut seeks input for future of Campbell Station Inn
The Campbell Station Inn has witnessed two centuries of growth in this area. The Federal-style building was constructed in the early 1800s on the site of David Campbell’s settlement and …
When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight
There are things you take for granted about yourself. Things you just know. Things that don’t change, so they become part of the fabric of who you are.
For example, I …
Concord Road: Good things come to those who wait (patiently)
Raising children, losing weight and Concord Road construction – what do these have in common? All require patience and determination, and all have a theoretical payout at the end.
The rewards …