Country music often speaks to me. Lyrics have always been the main part of any music I love. I want a story, a saga or something I can hold on …
Archibald Roane: Revolutionary pioneer
It was a beautiful day in May 1955, when Miss Beulah Starkey took her fifth grade Farragut Elementary class on a field trip to visit the gravesite of Archibald Roane …
The Farragut Insider looks back at 2021
Putting together a “Best of 2021” list seems hard. Don’t get me wrong; plenty of good stuff happened in Farragut over the past year. But with Covid on the rise …
Kicking out the New Year’s Eve blahs
The countdown to the new year has begun, and New Year’s Day, an official federal holiday, will soon be here.
Counting the newest one, there are now 11 federal holidays in …
What’s coming to Farragut in 2022
Right now, everyone is basking in the holiday afterglow, remembering special moments with family and friends and cherishing a gift or two. But when January hits, we’ll need something to …
Rotary Santas deliver toys at ETCH
It’s a tough time of the year for children spending their Christmas holidays in a hospital room. It’s also a tough time for their families, no matter the circumstances. The …
It is time to waste an hour
In the middle of Christmas chaos last week, I got an overwhelming desire to “waste an hour.”
Wasting an hour was something my mother introduced when I was much too young …
Ring in the season with Dixie Lee
Ask anyone what was hardest about 2020 and they will likely say they missed gathering with family and friends. It was the Great Lesson of the early days of Covid …