Opposites Attract

Susan Verekar combines abstract elements with joyous landscapes When COVID-19 shut down the world, some of us retreated into Netflix movies and glasses of chilled chardonnay. Susan Verekar, however, taught herself a new skill and
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Morgan Wallen

He's coming home! He rose to stardom just a few years ago, but the momentum hasn't stopped! Hometown country music star, Morgan Wallen, will return to East Tennessee this September during his One Night at a Time tour, a surprise that
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A War Story

“Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?”“No, but I served in a company of heroes.” —Stephen Ambrose, Band of Brothers In 1998, television anchorman and journalist Tom Brokaw authored The Greatest Generation, a book profiling many of those
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Regrets

Regrets, I’ve had a fewBut then again, too few to mentionI did what I had to doAnd saw it through without exemption.—Frank Sinatra, 1969 I read where the Knoxville Sports Hall of Fame recently inducted another class without including
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Flight Plan

Owl Ridge Raptor Center nurtures injured, displaced birds and returns them to the wild Beak was a tiny owlet, homeless and on the ground when a dog sniffed him out. A great horned owl, he was passed along to wildlife rehabilitator Lynne
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Farewell to a Friend

Vietnam veteran Randall Leyshon found healing after a half-century of mournful memories "Did you hear about John?” the young man asked warily, as he and several other 9th Infantry Division Army soldiers chatted with then-1st Lt. Randall
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Tennessee Tailwaters

Finding time for my sons on the South Holston River brings back memories of a simpler time with just as good company We are just below the small weir dam on the South Holston River outside Bristol. Waiting for the water to come on gives
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Vive la France

From Paris to Annecy and Back—Enjoying the City of Light and the Venice of the Alps in one vacation We flew from JFK Airport to Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris and settled into our room at the Hilton Paris Opera, an ornate building
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It’s Nico Time

With experience at all offensive positions, sophomore quarterback Nico Iamaleava is ready to lead. This was the year that the NCAA ruled—decades late, by any measure— that schools could pay athletes. For decades our friends and
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