Highcountry Almanac

Preservation

Buildings, Trades, & Neighborhoods

Wildlife

Land, Water, & Life

Culture

Skill, Song, & Story

Notes

Correspondence
The Stone That Stayed
The Stone That Stayed
A swimmer cuts through the green water of Mead's Quarry, leaving a clean wake across twenty-five acres of an ancient cut that sinks eighty feet to a floor of solid... Read more...
The Tellico in July
The Tellico in July
Morning mist leaves a slick film on rosebay leaves along the upper Tellico River long before the sun clears the high ridges of the Unicoi Mountains. The water runs thin... Read more...
Masonry Season
Masonry Season
The cold stays in the shadow of the deep porches long after the sun clears the ridges, but by early April the south-facing brick walls in Knoxville's older neighborhoods hold... Read more...