Pryorities

Finding that perfect taste among the vendors of the farmers market is a summer delight I can remember my mother admonishing me to eat my vegetables. I resisted her throughout my childhood and made fun of my father’s devotion to…
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If you feel anxious and depressed because of the chaos in the world, I would regard you as normal. I have always felt I was grossly sane and grounded, but the last couple of years have made me feel I am losing precious fibers that attach…
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Men are not as brainless as advertisers want you to believe Is it just me, or are we men getting slammed by American advertisers? Every time I turn on my TV, another poor guy is being made to look foolish and stupid. Do commercials have…
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Judging contests in East Tennessee is not for the faint of heart I don’t remember how or why it happened, but there I was seated in a special roped off section of the auditorium judging a child’s beauty contest. Stop this madness, I…
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Untold memories from former Vols gear us up for a new season with a new coach In the eyes of many, the last decade of mismanagement and a succession of bad coaching hires have tarnished the Tennessee football tradition. The fan base is…
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Sights, sounds, and smells bring back memories of the early days in the Marble City I spent my childhood and early teen years growing up in North Knoxville. Life was simple, and pleasures came easy in those long ago days. My…
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Drawing a line in the sand on a year-long debate I’m no stranger to a face mask. I wore one practically every day from 1949 to 1953. The cowboys of Lincoln Park voted me the best “bad guy” of all time and made me the perpetual outlaw.…
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Why is the build-up to being seenmore work than the appointment? I don’t know about you, but I dislike going to the doctor. It’s not because I’m afraid of needles or even the dreaded prostate exam. My aversion is to the medical forms…
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Kids Say the Darnedest Thing Remember Art Linkletter? Now, that’s aname many have not heard in a long time. For the younger crowd, Linkletter was a host in the early days of television. He hada great talent for interviewing children and…
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On mornings I drive into town, when the weather is as clear and crisp as it was this morning, I see the mountains. I’ve never tired of seeing them for I am a child of the mountains. My family’s long history of living and dying in this…
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