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Reading Up: When Learning Disabilities Were Misunderstood and Ignored

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendMarch 23, 2016leave a COMMENT

The kitchen table of our house in Burlington was Gossip Central, with my mother the mistress of ceremonies. The other participants varied, with a half dozen or so regulars. The …

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Back When Moonshine Was Still Illegal—and More Fun

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendFebruary 24, 2016leave a COMMENT

These days, at least in Tennessee, the scenery-clotting billboards encountered on any drive include ads touting now-legal moonshine. The fiery drink’s legitimization was quickly seized upon by those who saw …

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The Night the Newsroom Became the News

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

The episode that led to the newsroom being set on fire began with a prank and ended with ax-wielding firemen running up the stairs and bursting into the second-floor quarters …

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Armed and Irritable

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendJanuary 13, 2016leave a COMMENT

Late one morning in 1969 I was awakened by a persistent knocking on my front door in Fort Sanders. A quick glance through the bedroom window revealed an official-looking sedan …

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A Short History of the Nicknames of Burlington

In Restless Native by Chris WohlwendDecember 9, 2015leave a COMMENT

Apparently if you grew up in the east-side neighborhood of Burlington in the 1930s, a nickname was a requirement. Almost all of my parents’ male friends were known by a …

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