Our annual Girls’ Trip to the beach – scheduled for a year – looked in doubt as I continued to try to recover from broken hand and nose bones and …
Knoxville civic leader has died
Knoxville gained a sterling asset when Elizabeth Margriet Koester and her husband, Rudolf Koester Ph.D., relocated here following his retirement in 2001 as a professor of German at the University …
Inclusive playground to open Oct. 28
For those of you who haven’t seen it, a beautiful new playground has sprung from the ground behind Farragut Town Hall. It’s a space with something for everyone – an …
Tragic loss prompts heart program at Farragut Rotary
You may remember a column of mine, four months back, on June 24, about the Rotary Club of Farragut losing four members in 2021. One of those was Mark Bialik. …
We’ve hijacked the kitchen table!
Sherri Gardner Howell asked me to tell her readers that she’s recovering from her recent fall at Central Baptist Bearden (story here), but would not be writing today’s column. Seems …
Small businesses share challenges of 2021
Consumer spending is up, the real estate market is booming and life is slowly inching back to normal. At the same time, many local businesses are perpetually short-handed and others …
Mission of Hope honors Ray Fisher
It was a special time during yesterday’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Farragut. Jackie Fisher was there along with Ray Fisher III. So was Emmette Thompson of the Mission …
All that breaks is not potter’s clay
For all of you who have been waiting anxiously to see the outcome of my venture into the art of wheel-turned pottery, it has taken a tumble.
Actually, it took a …