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by Edward Francisco
"Whatever July and August do not boil, September cannot fry." -- Old Farmer's Almanac
Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15 - Oct. 15
Sept. 5 = National Cheese Pizza Day
Sept. 8 = International Literacy Day
Sept. 11 = Patriot Day
Sept. 17 = Constitution Day
Sept. 18 = U.S. Air Force Day
Sept. 21 = Tennessee Mountain Writers Fall Workshop - for more information, visit: https://tmwi.org/fall-workshop-2024/

“But when morning dawns upon the mountains, and the wide valleys are steeped in the shadows of the lofty pines, and nature seems to smile with her large, bright eye upon the world, the heart again revives. Revives in joy and peace with all those roseate recollections and inspiring dreams which beguile us of the ills of life.”
by John Esten Cooke, Voices from the Hills: Selected Readings of Southern Appalachia

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The Indignity of Knowing by Amber Albritton

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