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New Southerner: An Anthology 2006-07 (109 pages)

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SILAS HOUSE and JASON HOWARD of the DOOLITTLES use music to fight mountaintop mining.

 

The Good News about Oil Depletion: ALBERT BATES discusses how life can be simpler and happier for generations to come

 

HEALTH CARE INDEPENDENCE: How alternative treatments and better nutrition can lower medical costs in the long run

 

 

 

Fall 2006

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From the editor: Little Dream Car

 

Fuss

ENERGY INDEPENDENCE: Homeowners beat the winter heat bill with low-cost, renewable energy sources

By Bobbi Buchanan

 

No-Cost Ways to Save Energy and Money this Winter

 

Folks & Neighborhoods

WALK THIS WAY: Physical fitness, environmental concern emphasized at Walk to School events

 

Pickin’s & Fixin’s

Farm Stand Suppers

By Heather T. Shaw

GUEST FOOD COLUMN: Saturday Brunch with the Swedes

By Erin Keane

Preserving Your Herbal Treasures

By Karen A. Patterson

 

Dog-Eared

BOOK REVIEW: ALively’ Collection

A Severance of Passion

William Lively

By Mary Popham

 

The South Rises Again: Writers band together to protect the environment

By Thomas Rain Crowe

POETRY: Priscilla Johnson Still Has Hands Like Leaves & The Gravity Soundtrack

By Erin Keane

EXCERPT: Western Kentucky: Lost & Forgotten, Found & Remembered

By Sarah Elizabeth and Ron Whitehead

Gigs & Such

Heritage Found: The Music of Sarah Elizabeth Whitehead

By Bobbi Buchanan

 

Sightly

Studio provides expressive outlet for artists with disabilities

By Ellen Anderson

 

Back Porch

Following Instincts

By Brooks Carver

 

 

Winter 2006

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From the editor: Not Sold in Stores

 

Fuss

ALTERNATIVES TO CONSUMERISM: Consumers find ways to avoid overspending

By Bobbi Buchanan

 

A Mother’s Gift

By Heather Shaw

Folks & Neighborhoods

You Can’t Eat Marketing: An Interview with the Supper Club’s Michele Niesen

By Jennifer Wheelock

 

Pickin’s & Fixin’s

Festive Foliage for the Holidays

By Karen A. Patterson

 

GUEST FOOD COLUMN: Hot, Sizzling Love

By Ellen Birkett Morris

 

Frugal Homemade Goodies for the Holidays

By Heather T. Shaw

Gigs & Such

THE UNSTOPPABLE CHERYL LYNN SKINNER: A passion for music prevails over shyness and stage fright

By Bobbi Buchanan

Sightly

The Shades of Blue Collection: Art in Step with Music

 

Dog-Eared

BOOK REVIEW: Secrets of Rock Burners Revealed

Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future

Jeff Goodell

By Tom Morgan

ESSAY: An Abundance of Peace

By Mary Popham

 

POETRY

Blind Walter: Strip Mining on Wildcat Mountain

By G.C. Compton

 

Back Porch

Going Crazy without Cable

By Ellen Anderson

Spring 2007

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From the editor: Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide

 

Fuss

HEALTH CARE INDEPENDENCE: How alternative treatments and better nutrition can lower health-care costs in the long run

By Ellen Anderson and Bobbi Buchanan

 

Prescription for Prevention

By Ellen Anderson

 

Pickin’s & Fixin’s

The Benefits of Herbal Oils

By Karen A. Patterson

 

Join Us for Brunch

By Heather T. Shaw

 

GUEST FOOD COLUMN: Recipes from Mama’s Kitchen

By Mary Popham

 

Folks & Neighborhoods

SECRET IN THE SMOKIES Families remember ancestors buried in national park

By Danny Bernstein

 

Gigs & Such

THE FLOATING MEN: Band’s front man leads double life as conservationist

By Bobbi Buchanan

 

Dog-Eared

FICTION: Ticket to Ride

By Sharon Mauldin Reynolds

 

INTERVIEW: The Good News about Oil Depletion: Albert Bates discusses how life can be simpler and happier for generations to come

By David M. Buchanan

 

BOOK REVIEW: Digging Up Bones Bright Wings to Fly: An Appalachian Family in the Civil War Bruce Hopkins

By G.C. Compton

 

UP-AND-COMER FICTION: Wooden Leg

By Chad Blevins

 

POETRY: Aubade for a Rooster & Cousin Arza

By John Guthrie

 

Sightly

Photographers race against Disney to capture ‘real’ Florida

By Ellen Anderson

 

Back Porch

Giving It a Rest

By Sara Jenkins

 

Summer 2007

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From the editor

There’s No Place Like Home

Fuss

GREEN TRAVEL

Cheaper, better ways to an earth-friendly vacation

By Bobbi Buchanan

Green Travel Planning Resources

 

The Pet-Food-Recall Wakeup Call

By Verna Austen

Folks & Neighborhoods

The Lamentable Loss of Appalachian Junk

By Brent Martin

 

Landscape and nature inspire creativity at artists’ retreat

By Bobbi Buchanan

 

Pickin’s & Fixin’s

GUEST FOOD COLUMN

Cajun Shrimp and Pineapple Skewers

Plus the Perfect Summer Drink — Frozen Mango Margaritas

By Kara Moyer

Mediterranean Fish Stew with Rouille

By Heather T. Shaw

 

Dog-Eared

POETRY

Ancestral Morning

By Brian Lowry

 

ESSAY

Altered Landscape

By Pamela Steele

POETRY

How This Had to End

By Rose McLarney

 

THE HALF-EMPTY MASON JAR

Scrambling for Satisfaction:Blame it on TC

By Leslie Smith Townsend

 

Gigs & Such

WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?

The Doolittles’ Silas House and Jason Howard use music to fight mountaintop mining

By Leslie Smith Townsend

Sightly

MOVED BY MOUNTAINS: Appalachian home transforms Elizabeth Ellison’s artwork

By Ellen Anderson

 

Back Porch

How the West was Won: A Family Vacation

By Bobbi Buchanan