by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Steely
What do you collect? By Mike Steely My wife and I collect cups and photos from the places we visited or lived, campaign and promotional buttons.. During the recent holiday break, I asked other folks what they collect. The replies came from Focus newspaper and online...
by design | Dec 19, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
Remembering Family Christmas Trees By Mike Steely As I get older, I think about past holidays and remember many Christmas trees. Throughout my life, my family has always had a tree of one sort or another. I remember my stepfather and mother would take the family out...
by design | Dec 5, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
What was your childhood Christmas present wish? More Than A Day Away By Mike Steely The holidays are upon us and every child has a secret, or not-so-secret, wish for a Christmas present. Although traditionally the Christmas season begins right after Thanksgiving, it...
by design | Nov 28, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
Family histories can be confusing More Than A Day Away by Mike Steely I recently had a question from a reader, Fallin McCoy, about a mystery in his family history. McCoy was referring to a column I wrote about Rocky Top, Tennessee, which had been known as Lake City...
by design | Nov 21, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
Visiting Hot Springs, North Carolina A Day Away by Mike Steely I’ll bet you didn’t know that the French Broad River, which joins the Holston River in Knoxville to become the Tennessee River, gets some of its water from a very strange source. In the mountains of North...
by design | Nov 7, 2022 | Columnist, Steely
A Day Away by Mike Steely A little more than two hours from Knoxville is a huge number of waterfalls, especially near Franklin, North Carolina. My wife and I went in search of some of the falls recently. Near Highlands, N.C., east of Franklin, there’s a waterfall...
