by Leslie Sholly | Jun 15, 2015 | Knoxville, Vacations
For about eight years now, at least when the stars aligned and finances permitted, I have received a weekend away from my family as a birthday gift. The stars did not align at the right time this year (my birthday was in April), so I took this past weekend as my own....
by Leslie Sholly | Jun 14, 2015 | Gardening, Knoxville, Walking in Knoxville
Okay, y’all, I know it isn’t Spring anymore. And I’ve been terrible about showing you new places to walk in Knoxville lately, for one thing because I haven’t been doing as much walking this year, and for another, I’m behind in my...
by Leslie Sholly | May 31, 2015 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
You know by now some of the reasons I like to visit graveyards: the beauty, the history, the sense of peace I find there. Well, sadly, my most recent cemetery visit left me feeling not enlightened and peaceful but ENRAGED. I should have been more prepared, since I...
by Leslie Sholly | May 3, 2015 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
Since I was a little girl visiting the old churches in the Smokies, I have enjoyed exploring graveyards. But in March 2014 I took this interest to the next level when I started visiting, photographing, and writing about cemeteries on a regular basis. I try to tell a...
by Leslie Sholly | May 3, 2015 | Genealogy, Graveyards, Knoxville
It was one of the first beautiful Spring weekends and Emily and I had just finished walking on the Pellissippi Greenway. Emily isn’t into cemeteries like I am but she humors me when we are out and I want to go look at one. I didn’t have a particular...