Living Your Best Life
STOP PROCRASTINATING AND TAKE ACTION!
Why do we have such a hard time taking ACTION? Why do we procrastinate? You’ve made your plans to workout, it’s in your calendar, you even have it color coded. But you get to the date and time and you don’t follow through, you don’t feel like it, something else comes up. Anyone else been […]
Batteries Not Included
Rumination on Wellsville
In the weeks following the death of my father, I’ve spent a lot of time re-watching my favorite “comfort food” TV. Many of these are shows I grew up watching as a kid on Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite. I’ve been binging “The Bob Newhart Show” and thinking about how wonderfully brilliant that series is, […]
Pop Life
I AM MOTHER
If you are a fan of science fiction films you may want to check out the new film “I Am Mother”, currently streaming on Netflix. The film is set in a post-apocalyptic world (as are a lot of sci-fi flicks) where we meet Mother, a robot who has been charged with repopulating Earth after an […]
Lauren Stotsky
Your Weekly Horoscope
July 30th – AUGUST 6TH Aries (March 21-April 19) Plan an adventure this week, while still sticking to your budget. You will be surprised what you can do on a budget. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Be aware of your environment this week as it is connected to your mental space. Try to revamp your […]
Living Your Best Life
HOW TO BE MORE PRESENT
Now, more than ever, we must make an effort to be more present. Our world is full of distractions and those distractions can cause us to live in a blur. So how do we change that? We’ve all hear the saying or some iteration of this saying…If you want something different, you have to do […]
Batteries Not Included
Klute
By the early 1970s, Hollywood—and America—was changing. The production code, that set of rules placed in the 1930s that told movie studios what they could, and couldn’t, show on screen had crumbled. Audiences were ready for Hollywood to grow up, as the late 1960s faded into the early 1970s, the innocence that had existed in […]
Appalachian Wanderers
Appalachian Trail: Indian Gap to Mount Collins
It is perhaps the most famous footpath in the world, a single-track running along the spine of the Appalachians. From the alpine tundra of New Hampshire’s White Mountains to the verdant fir forests that crown the highest peaks of Tennessee, the Appalachian Trail passes through some of the country’s most astonishing landscapes. Throughout the summer […]
The Loafer
Veteran of the Week – Otis E. Wright
The Loafer’s Veteran of the Week is Otis E Wright. Wright is a lifelong resident of Saltville, Virginia. He was born on July 29, 1932 to Lee and Ada Wright. His first job was at the age of 19 in New York; he worked for the US Gypsum Plant. He worked in the maintenance department […]
The Loafer
Bartender of the Week – Phillip Leroy-Beaulieu
The Loafer’s bartender of the week is Phillip Leroy-Beaulieu. Phillip is of French/Costa Rican descent and was born in the United States. He is the lead bartender and trainer at Southern Craft BBQ in Johnson City, TN. He has also worked at The Label and several other restaurants in the area. He has been a […]
The Loafer
Chef of the Week – Ashley Higgins
The Loafer’s Chef of the Week is Ashley Higgins. Ashley works at Unicoi Grill located on 3615 Unicoi Drive. The business is open from 11AM-9PM seven days a week. Ashley is 32 years old and has been cooking for 15 ½ years, claiming it has definitely become her passion. She loves getting to make food […]
