by Guest Writer | Mar 1, 2022 | Cover
GETTING TIRED of staring at the same walls day in and day out? You are not alone! It’s been a long cold winter and being stuck inside for any amount of time can make a space feel dull. With some inspiration from Dwell Fine Interiors & Design, we are here to help!...
by Guest Writer | Feb 1, 2022 | Cover
LOVE IS not guaranteed to last a lifetime. However, such wonder is seen in the lives of a Bedford County couple celebrating 60 years together. Bruce and Linda Gordon met at the age of 21 in July 1961 at Bruce’s home in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was in the Marine Corps...
by Tina Neeley | Jan 1, 2022 | Cover
IT’S NEVER too late to start fresh by promoting healthy living through commitment to growing a business that feeds and blesses the body. Blűhen Farms Aquaponics’ partners Steve and Carol Riggs and Rich Slattery, Carol’s brother, operate a Shelbyville greenhouse...
by Guest Writer | Nov 1, 2021 | Cover
BEDFORD COUNTY native Jon Price heard on the radio about people playing baseball like it was played in the 1800s and he was intrigued. He made the trip to Smyrna to see his first game and decided then and there that he wanted to play vintage baseball when he could...
by Guest Writer | Oct 1, 2021 | Cover
BY DONNA COPELAND // The image of a seed cracking open in or- der to sprout is a powerful image for Tyler Campbell; it brings to mind how people feel in their darkest moments—like they are breaking apart. He likes to remind them that if the seed doesn’t break...
by Guest Writer | Oct 1, 2021 | Cover
BY JADA ROBISON // Taha and Malika Muhammed lived in Kirkuk, the heart of the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq in the 1950s, and after escaping the heinous regime of Saddam Hussein, they landed in Shelbyville, Tennessee. This is their story. In 1958 the English...