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Sacred & Profane

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Lit From Within: A Christmas Parade of Knoxville Moments

In Sacred & Profane by Donna JohnsonDecember 14, 2016leave a COMMENT

On the Saturday morning after Knoxville’s annual Christmas parade, I saw a mournful-looking paper plate with two half-eaten Christmas cookies on it, one with green icing and one with red. …

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My Life as a Brunette

In Sacred & Profane by Donna JohnsonNovember 16, 2016leave a COMMENT

In the midst of a despairing moment, I died my hair black. Whether this was an attempt to look younger or to try on an identity that was less worn …

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Where Did the Time Go?

In Sacred & Profane by Donna JohnsonOctober 19, 2016leave a COMMENT

I was riding my pink bicycle down Gill the other day—enjoying the fall sunshine and my new corduroy pants I had just purchased at a thrift store—when I saw the homeless …

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Living Too Large: Obesity Can Be Physically Disabling and Socially Damning

In Sacred & Profane by Donna JohnsonOctober 6, 2016leave a COMMENT

To become bedfast because of your weight is no laughing matter. To be trapped inside your house because you are too large to get through the door is tragic. To …

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Subsidized Housing Tour

In Sacred & Profane by Donna JohnsonSeptember 14, 2016leave a COMMENT

On my first night at Cagle Terrace, a subsidized housing facility off Sutherland Avenue, I was awakened by the sound of loud, repetitive sirens. Over and over they went, like …

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