July August 2023

Sit back and enjoy Koyo’s multi-course tasting menu At Koyo, on Clinch Avenue just off Market Square, Executive Chef Chris Bowman wants you to experience an evening of carefully curated courses and wines. “Omakase” refers to a…
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A family home on Fort Loudoun Lake provides functional beauty and exceptional hosting potential When Mark Pancratz reflects on building a home with his wife Brooke during a global pandemic, he talks about the feeling of coming home. Now…
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The lessons live on for those willing to teach them My grandfather and uncles began teaching me to hunt and fish when I was 12. Out of all of them, I can recall much of my early memories being with my Uncle Jake (Cox) who frequently…
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Vacation time is here, but you might not even realize that your jet lag may be impacting your health Migratory birds travel long distances, but do not suffer from what we humans call jet lag. Why? To put it simply, birds don’t use…
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Walking in the footsteps of a forgotten expedition I was surfing through bottomless rhododendron patches on Blanket Mountain for miles. This stretch out of Elkmont, Tennessee, in the Smokies, was as off trail as it gets. My objective…
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For World War II nurse Ruth Skidmore, service and sacrifice strike a chord “I’ve got an idea for a story,” my friend said. “Okay, shoot,” I replied. “It’s about a woman who is 100 and going strong. She’s spicy and feisty. Back in…
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Greylan James put his all into becoming country music’s next big thing Born and raised in Halls, Greylan James’ vision of moving to Nashville to become a country music artist never seemed like a pipe dream. “Everybody knew somebody that…
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Additional security measures can work, but can they sometimes be too much? Security is as security doesn’t. I wasn’t a danger to President Ronald Reagan, but based on where I was standing, the complexity of security apparatus…
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Inspired by a teacher, a Knoxville potter creates wood-fired work It was Love that brought Jordan Butzine to pottery. Wendie Love, that is. In fact, Butzine credits the Farragut High School art teacher with keeping him in school. “I…
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Offered throughout East Tennessee, hormone replacement therapies may help the endocrine system cope as the body adjusts to age—a plausible stepping stone to aging with grace We blame and credit hormones for major life changes—and for…
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