by Felicia Dilbert | Dec 11, 2025 | Feature
WHEN GIL and Patty Carter first met at a Nashville school for students with behavioral disorders, they had little interest in each other. He was an assistant principal. She was a therapist. “It was absolutely apathy at first sight,” Gil said. What followed changed...
by Paige Cushman | Nov 13, 2025 | Feature
JACK BRUNSON likes his dogs like he likes his guitars — a little rough around the edges. When you walk into his shop, Jack’s Guitarcheology in Lebanon, you might first notice the rows of unusual, quirky guitars hanging from the walls — old Silvertones, dime-store...
by Paige Cushman | Nov 13, 2025 | Feature
SEVERAL YEARS ago, Greg was at his breaking point. “I was on my way to suicide, to be quite honest,” he said. As he drove down a rural road in Missouri that day, he noticed a commotion on the roadside. A couple of men were chasing after a yellow dog. Greg pulled over...
by Amanda E. West | Oct 9, 2025 | Feature
AS THE door to the Fite-Fessenden House swings open, the wood floors draw you into the center hallway flanked by dual parlors. Clusters of candles flicker from polished brass candelabras perched atop mantels inlaid with colorful tiles. A warm ambiance fills every nook...
by Amanda E. West | Oct 9, 2025 | Feature
FUN FACT: The term “flying off the handle” originated from handmade brooms, which have a tendency to lose their “heads” when used forcefully. CHECK IN at the general store at Fiddlers Grove, then round the corner past the town hall and amble into Mr. Luther’s...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Sep 11, 2025 | Feature
LOCATED JUST off Highway 109 North at 41 Business Park Dr. in Lebanon, Tennessee — far from the towering skyscrapers of Lego headquarters — sits a colorful universe of imagination known as Music City Bricks. But simply calling it a Lego store would be like calling a...
