Thursday, November 29th, 2018
Jonathan Nicolosi’s Evolution on the Camino de Santiago & the Camino Ferristerre in Spain “We’re all just walking each other home.” – Ram Dass Inspired by the movie The Way, Knoxvillian Jonathan Nicolosi quickly began preparing for a late summer pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. This long distance hike was to honor
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
By: Debra Dylan We Plot By Moonlight Peter Pan’s Lost Boys could find a perfect hideaway at Mike’s Day Lilies in Powell, Tennessee. The otherworldly front yard was “dug out by hand with a clay pick,” says...
Monday, January 15th, 2018
By: Debra Dylan When we went hiking with llamas, our guide told us about his miserable and unsuccessful attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail. Adding to his low self-esteem was a group of hikers who kept singing...
Sunday, September 6th, 2015
By: Joanna Henning with Debra Dylan Barbara Allen has been a hiker and backpacker for 30 years. She says, “I have been fortunate to experience many beautiful and exciting places in this country and in foreign countries.”...
Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
After walking three miles with Smoky Mountain Llamas, I am now obsessed with llamas. Smoky Mountain Llamas, offers several llama treks on its Cosby, Tennessee, farm, and in the surrounding area. We chose the paved North Ridge...
Tuesday, April 29th, 2014
By: Doug Romig As I was driving out to Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, there were a few times I was certain I was lost. Narrow Ridge is located in a beautiful and remote part of Grainger...
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
When serendipity and compassion meet – amazing things can happen. Laura Jones, a general manager and buyer at River Sports Outfitters, is a stellar outdoorswoman who frequently leads the store’s kayaking and stand-up paddling excursions at lakes...
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
by: Judy S. Blackstock Just two and a half hours north of Knoxville lies the shortest tunnel in the world. Backbone Rock tunnel, located five miles outside of Damascus, Virginia, measures only twenty feet wide. This unusual...
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013
by: Brian Miller The seventy acres of our farm touch the boundaries, borders, property of ten other landowners or farmers. These ten property owners account for thirty or forty persons who represent our nearest neighbors, who we...