Hood’s Winks – This, that & the other
By Ralph Hood
This…
I was gonna wait and write this column for my upcoming 80th birthday, but heck—I may …
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A Refreshing Knapp – Oh, my aching back
By Ray Knapp
This has been a perfect year for raising grass. I was mowing the lawn an average of …
Conservation In Mind – Presidential candidates and combatting climate change
By Frances Lamberts
A recent Pen Points cartoon, depicting a typical highway sign, noted get-away choices for leisure-vacation trips.
Indicated …
Unicoi County Prevention Coalition – Community forums
By Christy Smith
We are switching gears this month to focus on community forums. For the Unicoi County Prevention Coalition …
Hood’s Winks – Poetry
By Ralph Hood
These words by Strickland Gillilan from “The Reading Mother” capture one of my fondest childhood memories…
“Richer …
Conservation In Mind – Late summer’s native wildflower glory
By Frances Lamberts
“There is drama in nature, in every one of its bushes and flowers if you can see …
A Denney for Your Thoughts – An ending, a beginning coming
By Connie Denney
If you enjoy warm days and cool nights as much as I do, you are looking forward …
A Refreshing Knapp – School daze
By Ray Knapp
There is nothing to compare my own school years to things happening now. COVID-19 has schools in …
Conservation in Mind – Ending the dangers of the atomic age
By Frances Lamberts
This month 75 years ago, the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed almost 200,000 …
Prevention Coalition – Members essential to success
By Christy Smith
Today, I want to talk about Unicoi County Prevention Coalition stakeholders, members and volunteers. On many occasions …
Hood’s Winks – Is magic real?
Ralph Hood floats a woman in air during a magic show. (Contributed photo)
By Ralph Hood
Is magic real …
Conservation In Mind – Celebrating our friend – the tree
By Frances Lamberts
The “Keeling curve” is named for the chemist who conducted daily U.S. Weather Service air measurements on …
A Denney for Your Thoughts – Vote tomorrow
By Connie Denney
As you have been reminded many times, it is an election year. Still, allow me to add …
Hood’s Winks – On the beach
By Ralph Hood
There was a wonderful movie entitled On the Beach. This is not that story—I just borrowed the …
Conservation In Mind – Climate change: ‘We’re Gonna Be Sorry’
By Frances Lamberts
A decade ago at July’s end, “We’re Gonna Be Sorry” was the headline in a New York …
A Refreshing Kanpp – Appreciate what you have
By Ray Knapp
Dad had a favorite saying. He said it to me often. Especially when I was complaining about …
Count It! Lock It! Drop It!
By Christy Smith
According to the Tennessee Department of Health, in 2018 Unicoi County had five people die from an …
Conservation In Mind – Missing the bees’ humming
By Frances Lamberts
Excited buzzing by honeybees customarily announces, from a good many feet away, the Carolina Buckthorn’s mid-June flowering …
Hood’s Winks – Back to normal
By Ralph Hood
We will get back to normal, but it will be a new—and strange—normal.
I recently retired from …
A Denney for Your Thoughts – Riddle me this
By Connie Denney
What stands on two legs sometimes, runs very fast on four legs, is dreaded by gardeners, has …