Outdoors

April is home to Earth Day and a good time to take a look at our lifestyles and see where we can make adjustments to treat our planet just a little bit better. We teach our kids how to...

As most of East Tennessee looks forward to warmer weather, with that weather comes the return of spring allergies. Knoxville consistently remains on countless numbers of “Top 10 Cities for the Worst Spring Allergies” lists. This is largely in...

Can we all just take a few moments to acknowledge that there are three months on the calendar that no one really likes? I'm looking at you, January, February, and March. The holiday season ends in a blaze of...

For the entirety of my life, my idea of camping has been staying in a hotel without a Starbucks in the lobby, so imagine the collective horror of those who know me well when I bought, renovated, and eventually...

This was the summer I was going to teach my 3 year old nephew, Levi, how to catch a frog. Instead, I sat in the front pew of a church as my twin sister bravely read his eulogy, just...

Like the majority of us around here, I LOVE summer. The days are longer, we spend more time outside, and we get the chance to break our typical "preheat the oven" mealtime rules. One of my husband's favorite summer...

I may have earned my camping merit badge when I was a Girl Scout, but the last time I slept in a tent was circa 1989. (Please don’t do the math!) I’d rather be sleeping underneath fluffy covers than...