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Spring and fall have always felt a little bittersweet to me. Part of it is simple enough: they’re beautiful seasons. But beauty is only half of it. They are also seasons of transition, and transition — even the good kind — carries a little ache with it. I used to love the beginning of the…

It’s one of those weekends when Knoxville feels gloriously in motion. Beginning with Chalk Walk on Saturday, April 11, and rolling right into the Knoxville Marathon on Sunday, downtown will be full of color, creativity, energy, and more than a little momentum. One of the many things people talk about when Chalk Walk rolls around…

Water has always meant more than just water. Long before science lessons and field trips and hydration reminders on our phones, water was a symbol — of renewal, of movement, of change. Ancient traditions built rituals around it. Philosophers reminded us that no one steps in the same river twice. And Carly Simon gave us…

If you know the back roads of East Tennessee, you know what to expect: barns, pastures, old houses, new houses, and the occasional stretch of road that seems to have been paved by somebody who distrusted straight lines on principle. What you don’t necessarily expect is to make a dogleg turn up a winding hill…