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Geronimo’s brush with WNC
Published: 2020-02-26 15:38:03Editor’s note: This article first appeared in a February 2012 edition of The Smoky Mountain News | The names Geronimo and Gen. George Crook are interwoven in the lore of northern Mexico, southeastern Arizona, western New Mexico and the Indian territori...
Read MoreA poet of the mountains
Published: 2020-02-12 15:41:07This past weekend was given over to reorganizing the books in my home library. In the process, I relocated a volume of poems I had feared was long lost. My favorite “Appalachian” poets would be Robert Morgan, Kay Stripling Byer, and James Still. . I ...
Read MoreReal deal boardinghouses don’t exist anymore
Published: 2020-01-29 16:20:30Are there boardinghouses still operating here in the Smokies region? There are, of course, hotels, inns, bed-and-breakfasts, and motels galore. But I'm wondering about the true, old-fashioned boardinghouse, which flourished throughout the region until th...
Read MorePossums are the ultimate survivalist
Published: 2020-01-15 15:55:35Editor’s note: This article first appeared in a January 2005 issue of The Smoky Mountain News | I became acquainted with opossums when I was a boy running a trap line — a series of wooden box traps and steel jump traps that I checked every morning be...
Read MoreThe year in quotes
Published: 2019-12-31 14:19:00It’s often been said that there’s wisdom to be found in the rhythms of nature, and that’s certainly true. But there’s also wisdom — and humor as well — in the words of those who spend their time outdoors, soaking those rhythms into their soul...
Read MoreStart planning the gardens now
Published: 2019-12-31 14:11:47Editor’s note: This column first appeared in a January 2006 edition of The Smoky Mountain News. | Have you started making your gardening plans yet? It’s time. The garden catalogs started arriving in the mail several weeks ago: Johnny’s, Burpee’s,...
Read MoreEtowah Mound largest in the Southeast
Published: 2019-12-04 16:02:51When I’m in the Atlanta area, I often set aside a few hours to visit the Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site, which is located on the western edge of Cartersville. For me, it’s the most impressive mound site in the southeastern United States. I ...
Read MoreHorse Cove is worth a visit
Published: 2019-11-20 17:02:13Editor’s note: This column first appeared in a November 2003 edition of The Smoky Mountain News. Horse Cove is one of the prettiest settings here in the southern mountains. It’s a highland valley surrounded by the Black Rock, Fodderstack, and Chestnu...
Read MoreIt’s time for hog jowls and greens
Published: 2019-11-06 15:57:55Editor’s note: This article first appeared in a November 2003 edition of The Smoky Mountain News. When I was a boy, mother had to force me to eat cooked greens. But the older I get the more I have looked forward to eating them. . My wife, Elizabeth, is...
Read MoreHorace Kephart biography wins literary award
Published: 2019-10-30 15:19:39Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography has been named the winner of the 2019 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, which is given annually to an outstanding work of fiction, nonfiction, drama or poetry that focus on Western North Carolina. . George E...
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