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If your week has been as challenging as mine, you’re ready to rest and recharge. For me, the healthiest way to “power up,” take a “rest from stress” and reconnect to truth and beauty is through “otium sanctum” or “holy leisure." “Otium…
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The Code of Hammurabi, developed by the King of Babylon during his reign from 1792 until 1750 BCE, appears to be the first mention of “an eye for an eye” as a rule of law. The Code, which preceded the Old Testament by some 500 years,…
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As Friends of the Smokies begins its twenty-fifth year of service, over $60 million has been generated for the benefit of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park—far and away Americas most visited of all of its “crown jewels.” Today,…
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There is something special about the South Carolina Low Country; actually, there are a lot of somethings. As four of us enter the Beaufort city limits, I know we are near the end of our seven-hour drive. We’re headed to Harbor Island, South…
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Labeled by the New York Times as “the best musical of this century,” The Book of Mormon will be performed eight times at the Tennessee Theatre for six nights in July.  An odd couple of Mormon missionaries travel around the world in this…
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Recently, I took a few days to stay in Abingdon, VA, which will appear as a future Destinations feature. It was my second trip of the summer season, what I look forward to year-round: getting out on the roads of America and visiting…
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During the late 70’s I was living in Knoxville, attending the University of Tennessee, and working at Blue Ridge Mountain Sports as a salesman. Often after work we would gather at The Roman Room, a classic little dive next to Sam and Andy’s…
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The idea of sipping wine against a backdrop of beautiful mountains and valleys has always brought images of touring wineries in Napa Valley or Italy to my mind. But I’ve discovered this past year that I don’t have to travel thousands of…
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So you’ve finally bought a red couch and painted the walls yellow, only to discover that earth tones are in. Sometimes making legal plans can feel like that, with law seeming to evolve as quickly as taste in interior design. Just as…
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When you’re facing down over a ton of water buffalo charging your group from the rear, it seems like a simple decision to squeeze the trigger. After all, the animal is threatening, and to not shoot it would put the lives of your companions…
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