Visiting Historic Kingston

Visiting Historic Kingston A Day Away By Mike Steely Imagine it is 1792 and you are at the western edge of what was then the Southwest Territory. You are standing on the banks of the Clinch River and can look across and see a Cherokee village. On your side of the...

Visiting History in Calhoun and Charleston

Visiting History in Calhoun and Charleston A Day Away By Mike Steely Between Athens and Cleveland, Tennessee, are two small towns that hold a world of history. Whether you’re into Cherokee or Civil War history, the adjoining towns of Calhoun and Charleston are worth a...

Olde Time Memories

Olde Time Memories More Than A Day Away by Mike Steely One of the benefits of getting old, which we assume begins at age 60 or 65, isn’t just qualifying for social security, retirement, Medicare or “senior discounts” but age bringing back memories of childhood. We can...

Visiting Bays Mountain Park

Visiting Bays Mountain Park A Day Away by Mike Steely I’ll bet you have never visited Bays Mountain Park in Kingsport. My wife and I took a cold Sunday afternoon drive there since it’s probably been 40 or more years since our last venture there. Bays Mountain is a...

A book with a backstory

A book with a backstory A Day Away By Mike Steely Sometimes a find in a used book bin can lead to an interesting story about the book and the author. The battered book I recently found in a discard pile, “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” was written by Frances Hodgson...