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Country Club Memories at Camp Pellissippi

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendAugust 17, 2016leave a COMMENT

My first real job involved my being away from home for seven weeks, spending most of the summer with an unruly collection of teenage boys, most of them about my …

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Revisiting the Nearly Forgotten ‘Lolly Madonna War,’ Shot in Union County, Tenn.

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendAugust 3, 2016leave a COMMENT

In the 1970s, before Burt Reynolds became a movie bandit, before his recent Knoxville presence generated daily media over-coverage, an earlier generation of aging male actors were in East Tennessee …

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Carp Surprise: The Ladies of Society Receive a Fishy Story

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendJune 8, 2016leave a COMMENT

The “Society” section of the Knoxville Journal was produced by three women, all of whom were “of” the milieu. Their work domain was a separate office, befitting their status and, …

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Tommy-toes: Recalling an Era When Heirloom Tomatoes Were Just Tomatoes

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendMay 25, 2016leave a COMMENT

The locally sourced salad that accompanied most of the entrées boasted “heirloom” tomatoes, the waitress said. They were, she added, “exquisite, better than any that you have ever tasted.” Several …

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Touring East Tennessee’s Dive Bars With Jim Dykes

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendApril 27, 2016leave a COMMENT

The first bar that Jim Dykes introduced me to was a dark, dusty dive on Gay Street, about a block away from the newspaper building. It was called Lockett’s, and …

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