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Dulcimer Virtuoso at Folk School
      Lois Hornbostel - a nationally known performer, author and recording artist - will perform at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, January 24 at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown . Admission is free. From "down the road" in Cherokee, North Carolina, Lois Hornbostel is one of the country's best known...
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Special guests at Yarn Circle
      The last few days of January will be a busy time at Yarn Circle with sessions hosted be special guests. On Saturday, January 26, Yarn Circle will be featuring the internationally recognized Norman Kennedy for a spinning demonstration and tea party. Kennedy, a native of Aberdeen Scotland, is a mas...
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The American Chestnut Tree Seminar
      One hundred years ago, the American chestnut was the dominant tree in the eastern United States. It was a huge, majestic tree, with a very straight trunk. Its wood was durable, and its nuts were a food source for humans and wildlife. In the first forty years of the 20th century, blight destroyed 3...
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Journal of a Living Lady
By Nancy White Kelly
      Many flips of the calendar page have transpired since I last burned myself. A couple of years ago, in a busy kitchen, I hastily grabbed the handle of a hot cast iron skillet and dropped it even faster. At this stage of life, I should remember that fire and resulting heat has the capacity to cook ...
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Dixie Divas
Dixie Dew's invitation
By RONDA RICH
      Dixie Dew and I went away for the weekend to visit our friends, Stevie and Darrell in Nashville. It was actually Dew's invitation but I was allowed to tag along. Their family loves animals, evidenced by the two Bassett hounds, one loveable mutt, two cats and an albino rabbit that resides in their...
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Your Health Matters
      With all the news about recent medications that are lifesaving and then in a couple of years those pills are removed from the shelves as harmful or proven to be of no good use-- we can't help but wonder about drugs and medical practices in general. Yet, we know for a fact that people's lives have ...
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