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HELLO SPRING

Publisher Lisa Durbin Creative DIrector Jon Bill Forrester Managing Editor Peggy Gale DIstribution Elizabeth Armstrong Sales Jessica Carlisle Entertainment Coordinator Andreax Jarre

your week’s line-up

Volume 03 Issue 77

Contributing Staff Andy Ross

03 Tree Giveaway 04 Spotlight 05 Derby Day is Back in the Saddle 06 Robin and Linda Wiliams to Play The Lytic 07 Tri-Cities Nightlife 08 Puzzle Page 09 Pets of the Week 10 North East Tennessee Tourism Now Accepting Entries for 2023 Pinnacle Awards 11 Things To Do 12

Tri-Cities Faces and Places

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'Mr. December' exhibit highlights life of William Nealy

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Biker Events

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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation to Support Black History Walking Tour in Downtown Johnson City

Kathie Scalf Ken Silvers Wendy Hayden

20 Sycamore Shoals State Park: April Schedule

Ann Hartley

22 WQUT Concert Schedule

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FROM THE

PUBLISHER Hello Friends!

March is Women’s History Month!

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Social Sentiments: No Budget, No Problem?

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Trends to End in 2023 21 Pop Life: True Spirit 23 Batteries Not Included: Still Unresolved

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Arbor Day Observance Scheduled for April 1 the City’s Public Works Citizens are invited to a tree giveaway on Saturday, April department has celebrated Arbor Day by distributing 1 at Metro-Kiwanis Park, 32,450 trees to local residents 817 Guaranda Drive. The for planting. Maintaining the event will begin at 9 a.m., Tree City USA designation when 2,700 tree seedlings will be handed out on a first- requires the City to have come, first-served basis while an Arbor Day observance, a supplies last. Varieties offered tree ordinance, a tree board, and to meet the minimum will include Tonto (red) Crape Myrtle, Redbud, White funding requirements for tree maintenance and planting.

Dogwood, Bald Cypress, Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum, “By participation in the Tree Paw Paw, and River Birch.

City USA program, Johnson Please note, a limited number City is able to highlight its of seedlings will be offered to commitment to the urban each person attending. forest for the benefit of This Arbor Day marks the 23nd consecutive year that Johnson City has been named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. Since 2010,

citizens and visitors alike,” said City Forester Patrick Walding.

“The annual recognition helps draw attention to the fact that trees are an important part of our community.”

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Tree Giveaway:

Spotlight

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Bristol TN/Va Bristol, TN/VA

Reppertons 8:30pm at Bristol Casino Bar Savage Outlaws 11:00pm at Bristol Casino Bar SATURDAY Apr 1st Some Old Friends 7:00pm at Cascade Draft House Club Rewind 8:00pm at Quaker Steak & Lube

WEDNESDAY Mar 29th Chris Long 6:00pm at Delta Blues BBQ Benjamin Weimer 7:00pm at Cascade Draft House

MONDAY Apr 3rd Anthony Childress 7:00pm at Cascade Draft House

THURSDAY Mar 30th Bluesman Unplugged 6:00pm at Delta Blues BBQ Lowdown Revival 7:00pm at Cascade Draft House Julie and Willie 8:00pm at The Corner Kayla McKinney 10:00pm at Bristol Casino Bar FRIDAY Mar 31st Tell Ripley 6:00pm at Bristol Casino Bar 2HL 6:00pm at Stateline Bar and Grille Ella Folk 7:00pm at Cascade Draft House The Troubadours 8:00pm at Quaker Steak & Lube

TUESDAY Mar 28th Brim & Marci Leal 6:30pm at Rocks Wood Fired Pizza WEDNESDAY Mar 29th HB Beverly 6:30pm at Rocks Wood Fired Pizza

Johnson City City, TN Johnson

THURSDAY Mar 30th Justin Mychals 6:30pm at Rocks Wood Fired Pizza Gman Blues and Dr. Ron 7:00pm at Mulligan’s Gaming Pub The ETSU Jazz Ensemble 8:00pm at The Carnegie Hotel Slackjaw | ParrisBridge | Fractured Fram 9:00pm at Capone’s Johnson City Jazz Collective 9:30pm at The Carnegie Hotel

FRIDAY Mar 31st Jeff Lane 6:30pm at Rocks Wood Fired Pizza Jason Edwards 7:00pm at VFW Post 2108 Stone Fire Band 7:00pm at Mulligan’s Gaming Pub Zak Salts Band 8:00pm at Tulips Grub & Pub Stone Fire Band 8:00pm at Mulligan’s Gaming Pub Ed Snodderly W The Shoestring Two 8:00pm at The Down Home Elijah Wise 9:30 at Wild Wing Cafe Hearts Gone South | Wild Leek River | Morgans Mill 10:00pm at Capone’s SATURDAY Apr 1st David Peterson’s Old Time Country 9:00pm at The Down Home Asylum Suite 9:30 at Wild Wing Cafe

Daniel Byrd’s Boogie Machine | Marigold Thieves | BrownLow 10:00pm at Capone’s Kingsport Kingsport, TN FRIDAY Mar 31st AllSkate 7:00pm at Gypsy Circus Cider Co. Southbound 9:00pm at CJ’s Sports Bar SATURDAY Apr 1st Jusfine 7:00pm at Gypsy Circus Cider Co. Full Sirkle 9:00pm at CJ’s Sports Bar Bluff City Bluff City, TN SATURDAY Apr 1st Cory Smith 7pm at Riverside Taphouse at South Fork

Elizabethton, TN Elizabethton FRIDAY March 31st The Shooter Band 8pm at Bonnie Kate Theatre

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On Saturday, May 6, at 4:00 p.m., Derby Day is returning to Main Street in Greeneville after a 4-year respite to benefit the children of Greeneville and Greene County. Held annually on the day of the Kentucky Derby, the fundraiser provides attendees with the authentic feel of the derby right here in Northeast Tennessee.

Derby Day will be held at the General Morgan Inn’s Rooftop Terrace, 111 N. Main Street, downtown Greeneville, Tennessee.

Attendees are encouraged to wear traditional Kentucky Derby Day attire, such as elaborate hats, colorful dresses, seersucker suits, and bow ties, just as if they were going to the actual Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

“We are thrilled for the return of Derby Day,” says Betty Weemes, Derby Day Planning Committee Chair and Board Member of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee.

Betty stated, “This wellloved and well-attended event was last held in May 2019 before COVID. After a long hiatus due to the pandemic - I am honored to share that our

return to Derby Day will be held in memory of Cecil L. Easterly. Cecil was a well-known philanthropist and former Laughlin Health Care Foundation board member. Laughlin sponsored Derby Day for many years. Cecil enjoyed volunteering for and

attending this special event that helps feed the children of Greeneville and Greene County. Please help honor Cecil and come join us for Derby Day 2023!”

dressed couple. The fun will continue through the evening with Derby-themed games hosted by a live emcee, the popular Bill Brown. Heavy hors d’oeuvres are included, as well as one complimentary drink. Choose a mint julep, beer, or wine to enjoy before the race.

“If you can’t attend the Kentucky Derby in person, this social event is the next best thing to being at the track,” said Rhonda Chafin, Executive Director of Second Harvest Food Bank The evening includes of Northeast Tennessee. music by David Price and “Derby Day helps to provide his band, contests for the best hat, best-dressed man food to the children in our region that need it most. and woman, and best-

That automatically makes everyone attending this event part of the winners’ circle.”

According to Feeding America, one in five Greene County children is considered food insecure, meaning they don’t always know where or when to get their next meal. These children depend on their school to obtain meals and snacks, but when school is closed during summer and holiday breaks, the food has to come from elsewhere.

Funds raised for Derby Day help make sure no child goes hungry in Northeast Tennessee. Tickets to the event are $125 per person. To buy tickets, become an event sponsor, or for more information, email Specialevents@ netfoodbank.org Second Harvest Food Bank of Northeast Tennessee’s mission is to feed the hungry in Northeast Tennessee by securing and distributing food and engaging our community in the fight to end hunger.

The Food Bank provides services in Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington Counties.

For more information, visit netfoodbank.org.

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Robin & Linda Williams to Play The Lyric Robin and Linda Williams are closing in on a five decade-long career of performing the music that they love—a robust blend of bluegrass, folk, old-time, and acoustic country that combines wryly observant lyrics with wide-ranging melodicism. The duo will take the Lyric Theater stage in St. Paul on Friday, March 31st at 7 p.m.

With songs recorded by well-known artists such as Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tom T. Hall, Tim and Mollie O’Brien, Mary Black, The Seldom Scene, and Emmylou Harris, these gifted songwriters have earned the respect of their musical peers.

and blending their voices together in lush Appalachian harmonies. They [were] mainstays on Garrison Keillor’s ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ and have influenced subsequent generations of roots musicians,” writes Stephen Deusner of the pair’s beginnings for CMT Edge.

“In 1971, a young schoolteacher named Linda Hill was visiting her parents in Myrtle Beach, S.C., when she met a musician named Robin Williams.

She was a singer and played guitar.

He was a regular on the coffeehouse circuit. The two hit it off immediately.

Two years later, they were married and touring the country in a VW Bug. They’ve been on the road ever since. The couple tour and play constantly, sharpening their chops

Pro-Art partners with a variety of venues, therefore individuals with mobility issues are encouraged to call (276) 376-4520 or email the Pro-Art office at pro-art@uvawise.edu to make arrangements for parking. For evolving conditions related to the global pandemic, inclement weather, or similar unforeseen circumstances, patrons are encouraged to check proartva.org for up-to-date information.

Pro-Art is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the Slemp Foundation, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, Mountain

Adult tickets are $10 at the door. All children and students admitted free.

This performance is brought to you in conjunction with Pro-Art’s 46th season and the W. Campbell Edmonds Concert Series. For more information and to make reservations please visit proartva.org.

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NIGHTLIFE

WEDNESDAY Karaoke with Absolute Entertainment at The Pub Out Back (The Italian Pizza Pub) - Johnson City 7pm Karaoke w/ Eric Huskins VFW Post 2108 – Johnson City, TN 8pm Karaoke Night at Wonderland Lounge and Bar - Johnson City, TN 9pm Karaoke with Ron at Kingsport Moose Lodge 6:30pm Loudmouth Karaoke at Michael Waltrip Brewing Company - Bristol, VA on Wednesday, April 5th at 7pm THURSDAY Karaoke w/ Absolute Entertainment at Tulips Grub & Pub - Johnson City, TN 8pm Sing Your Heart Out Karaoke at Wild Wings Cafe - Johnson City, TN 9pm Karaoke at Numan’s - Johnson City, TN 10pm Karaoke at Jiggy Rays Pizzeria - Johnson City, TN Karaoke at Tipsy Toad Tavern - Jonesborough, TN FRIDAY Karaoke with Absolute Entertainment at Rainbow Asian Cuisine - Johnson City, TN 9pm Karaoke with Absolute Entertainment at The Sports Mill - Kingsport, TN 8pm Karaoke w/ Eric Huskins VFW Post 2108 – Johnson City, TN 8pm Karaoke at Numan’s – Johnson City, TN 10pm Karaoke with Handsome Hodge Entertainment at O’Mainnin’s Pub and Grille - Bristol, TN 10pm

SATURDAY Karaoke with Absolute Entertainment at Tulips Grub & Pub Johnson City, TN 8pm Karaoke with Absolute Entertainment at Union Street Taproom - Erwin, TN 8pm Jan 28, Feb 18 & Mar 4 Karaoke at Numan’s – Johnson City, TN 10pm Karaoke w/ Eric Huskins VFW Post 2108 – Johnson City, TN 8pm Karaoke at Numan’s – Johnson City, TN 10pm Karaoke with DJ Clyde and Prestige Entertainment at Macado’s -Kingsport, TN 9pm Karaoke with Handsome Hodge Entertainment at O’Mainnin’s Pub and Grille - Bristol, TN 10pm

TRIVIA

TUESDAY Team Trivia at Wild Wing Café Johnson City TN DJ Trivia at Union Street Taproom Erwin, TN 5pm Trivia at The Corner Bar Bristol, VA 8pm WEDNESDAY Trivia at Tipsy Toad Jonesborough, TN 7pm Trivia Night Mellow Mushroom Bristol, VA 7pm THURSDAY Mellow Trivia at Mellow Mushroom Johnson City, TN- 7pm

BINGO

WEDNESDAY Bingo at Tipton Street Pub Johnson City, TN 9pm Singo at Holy Taco & Cantina Boones Creek, TN 8pm Blazin’ Bingo at Mellow Mushroom Johnson City, TN 6pm THURSDAY Bingo at Mellow Mushroom Bristol VA 6pm

DJ NIGHT THURSDAY DJ B-Digital at O’Mainnin’s Pub and Grille Bristol, TN 10pm FRIDAY Handsome Hodge Entertainment at O’Mainnin’s Pub - Bristol, TN 10pm SATURDAY Handsome Hodge Entertainment at O’Mainnin’s Pub - Bristol, TN 10pm SUNDAY DJ B-Digital at O’Mainnin’s Pub and Grille Bristol, TN 10pm

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42. James and Jones of jazz 5. Trim, as meat 29. Hesitant non-fluency 44. Wish grantor 10. Torero's foe 30. Gardener's device 14. Restaurant employee 46. Mortgage org.

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35. Desert region of 18. Post-lunch periods 52. ___ alcohol (biofuel) southern Israel 20. "Look!" to Luis 53. Mustachioed Don of 38. Steely ___ 21. Narc's org. classic films 40. Warps 22. I couldn't care less!

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A dd y Meet 2 yr old Addy! She is a sweet panther that enjoys being petted and LOVES wet food. Addy also likes helping us when we clean the floor by chasing the mop !!! She is playful, and gets along with most cats. Addy can be an independent girl when

she wants, but can also be a big cuddle bug! She has been spayed, current on vaccinations, will be microchipped when you come to adopt her. Addy qualifies for the Spring Fling adoption fee of $20.23 through April.

There are 5 BUTTERFLIES hidden in this issue of The Loafer.

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ci Gucci is a very loving senior dog that is sweet, a cuddler and just wants affection. He’s quite the lap dog, knows basic commands, will take treats gently and likes to go on walks.

He doesn’t care for small children,

cats, or most dogs. Gucci is leash trained, housebroken and loves to be brushed !!! Birthday 4/16/13. He qualifies for the Spring Fling adoption rate of $20.23.

If you are interested in adopting : The Bridge Home No Kill Animal Shelter 423-239-5237 • 2061 Highway 75 Blountville, TN Facebook: bridgehome

bridgehome.org

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Northeast Tennessee Tourism Now Accepting Entries for 2023 Pinnacle Awards Best High School Campaign The Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association is currently Individuals and Businesses accepting entries for the 26th Agency of the Year Annual Pinnacle Awards, Vendor of the Year honoring the industry’s top individuals, events, and projects Partnership of the Year contributing to tourist related Rising Star community and economic Adventure Tourism development in the Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Adventure Tourism Leader Virginia region.

Sustainability Presented by Bristol Motor Frontline Employee Speedway and produced in partnership with the Tennessee Volunteer Department of Tourist Hospitality Leader of the Year Development, entries will presented by ETSU Office of be accepted in the following Professional Development categories: Tourism Leader of the Year Events and Attractions presented by Tennessee Dept. of Tourist Development Best Festival or Event The deadline to submit entries Best New Event is April 27. The cost to submit Best Sports Event nominations ranges from $16Best Virtual Event $42 and is open to the public. An awards luncheon hosted by Visit Best Virtual Series Johnson City will take place on Attraction of the Year June 13 at The Heritage.

Projects To nominate or purchase Roll With It Award luncheon tickets, visit pinnacleawards.net. For Best Marketing Campaign additional information Advertising & Promotions – or questions, contact various categories pinnacleawards@ Best Public Relations Campaign northeasttennessee.org or 423-262-0238.

Supporting Businesses

About the Pinnacle Awards

The Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association, chartered The Northeast Tennessee Tourism Association’s annual Pinnacle Awards in 1977, is a non-profit tourism agency that serves and supports program first began in 1997, and Carter, Greene, Hancock, pays tribute to the industry’s top performers, projects, and individuals. Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington counties, Nominations are reviewed by a panel as well as portions of Southwest of unbiased judges, and exemplary projects are selected as Pinnacle Virginia. The organization was Awards winners. The winners are named Tennessee’s Destination announced at an awards luncheon Marketing Organization of the during the summer each year. year in 2019, and also serves as Additional information can be found at one of nine statewide regional pinnacleawards.net. tourism organizations recognized

by Tennessee Department of About Northeast Tennessee Tourist Development.

Tourism Association

JOHNSON CITY SATURDAYS ACOA (adult children of alcoholics) 1:30-3:00pm.

Call for info Bill 423-444-6107 or Cheryl 423-262-6149 TUESDAY MARCH 28TH White Rabbit Canvas Class 6:00pm at Into the Fire FRIDAY MAR 31ST Johnson City Love & Hiking Date For Couples (Self-Guided) 7:00am at Willow Springs Park Weekly YuGiOh Duel Night 6:00pm at CardFox SATURDAY APR 1ST Johnson City Love & Hiking Date For Couples (Self-Guided) 7:00am at Willow Springs Park State of Franklin Robot Rumble 8:00am at ETSU's the James and Nellie Brinkley Center ETSU-Con 2023 10:00am at The DP Culp Center Easter Market 10:00am at Stella & Cooper Co SLA: Spring Plant Walk 10:00am at Shakti in the Mountains Forsythia Festival 10:30am at Evergreen of JC Miss Washington County 12:00pm at Carver Park Teen Night Glow Egg Hunt 5:30 at Johnson City Public Library

Salsa Dance Social 7:00pm at Cafetos Coffee SUNDAY APR 2ND

KINGSPORT

SATURDAY APR 1ST

FRIDAY MAR 31ST

Historic Jonesborough Town Tour 1:00pm at Chester Inn State Historic Site

Final Friday Food Truck Rally Johnson City Love & Hiking 5:00pm at High Voltage KPT Date For Couples (Self-Guided) 7:00am at Willow Springs Park SATURDAY APR 1ST Nature: Wolf Howling ETSU-Con 2023 10:00am 10:00am at Bays Mountain at The DP Culp Center Park & Planetarium

BRISTOL

WEDNESDAY MAR 29TH Comedy Open Mic 7:30pm at Blue Ridge Comedy Club

JONESBOROUGH TUESDAYS

Jonesborough Storytelling Guild “Stories n’More” Show THURSDAY MAR 30TH 7:00pm at The International Vaccine Clinic 3:00pm at Sullivan County Animal Shelter Storytelling Center Get Lucky Canvas Class 6:00pm at Kil'n Time Studio Date Night Mixology Class & Latin Dance Lesson 6:30pm at AR Workshop Bristol FRIDAY MAR 31ST Brian Longwell, Jeff Greenspan, Andrew Ledbetter 8:00pm at Blue Ridge Comedy Club SATURDAY APR 1ST Board Game Night 5:00pm at Bristol Public Library Celebration of the Arts at King 7:30pm at The Bristol Hotel Brian Longwell, Jeff Greenspan, Andrew Ledbetter 8:00pm, 10:00pm at Blue Ridge Comedy Club To be featured in The Loafer's Things to Do email us at: theloaferonlineprint@gmail.com or call 423-930-7319

ABINGDON, VA WEDNESDAY MAR 29TH Bingo 5:00pm at Abingdon Community Center FRIDAY MAR 31ST Movies for Adults 2:00pm at Washington County Public Library SUNDAY APR 2ND Bingo 5:00pm at Abingdon Community Center

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‘Mr. December’ Exhibit Highlights Life of Artist, Author and Adventurer William Nealy The life and experiences of artist, author and part-time adventurer William Nealy are highlighted in a new exhibit on display through June 9 at the Reece Museum on the campus of ETSU.

adventure equipment.

“The rivers of the southeastern United States are some of the most important waterways in the entire country,” said Honeycutt, an associate professor in the ETSU Department “Mr. December: The Life, Art and of Literature and Language. “They are our Experience of William Nealy … Illustrator national treasures, and those of us who love and Outdoor Sports Cult Hero” is presented America’s wild heart have a responsibility to in association with the Nantahala Outdoor share that love.

Center and may be viewed Monday-Friday “I hope people will come to the exhibit from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and marvel at the way that Nealy was able Two special events are planned in to capture in pen and ink the vibrancy of conjunction with the exhibit. our landscape, and I hope that visitors On Saturday, April 1, from 1-3 p.m., ETSU’s are inspired to spend more time in the outdoors, exploring its rough wonder and Dr. Scott Honeycutt, who curated the advocating for its protection.” exhibit along with Reece Museum staff, will provide guided tours of the exhibit “Mr. December” features over 100 original and Blue Ridge Paddling will be on hand William Nealy artworks on loan from the to talk about river paddling. This event Nantahala Outdoor Center, including maps, is part of the museum’s First Saturday cartoons, comics, books and sketches. Also hours, which are 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on the on display are large-scale reproductions first Saturday of each month through May. of Nealy’s art, including an 8-foot-tall map of the Nolichucky River. Visitors are invited Also, Daniel Wallace, author of “Big to navigate the display using a custom Fish,” will visit the Reece Museum on Wednesday, April 12, as part of the ETSU Exhibition Guide that includes a map of the Spring Literary Festival. He will participate gallery and to participate in a scavenger in a 3:30 p.m. conversation about his new hunt for a chance to win a unique prize.

Nealy memoir titled “This Isn’t Going to The exhibit and associated events are free End Well,” followed by a premiere reading and open to the public. and book-signing at 7 p.m.

The Reece Museum is a unit of the Center During the late 1970s, Nealy began of Excellence for Appalachian Studies and creating a series of hand-drawn river Services, which is housed in the ETSU maps and guidebooks that became Department of Appalachian Studies. popular among rafters and other outdoor For more information, visit etsu.edu/ enthusiasts. The “Mr. December” reece or call (423) 439-4392. For disability exhibition features his work and accommodations, call the ETSU Office of celebrates his lifestyle of adventure through an installation of various outdoor Disability Services at (423) 439-8346.

Biker Events sponsored by biker wear Local Events:

1. Beauty & The Beast Boxing & Dinner Weekend April 7th – 8th Pigeon Forge 2. TN Hill Brewstillery Bike Bash 10am – 1pm April 8th 3. WJ’s Spring Bike Show 11am April 8th 4. Truck Race on Dirt – Bristol April 8th 5. Food City Dirt Race April 9th – Bristol 6. Bluegrass in the Blue Ridge April 14th – 16th Meadowview Conference Center 7. Music on the Hill with Car & Bike Show April 29th Happy Valley High School 8. 11th Annual Thirsty Orange Extravaganza April 29th

Bike Night:

1. Wednesday – 19E Pit Stop 2. Wednesday – Jonesboro VFW – Dog Tags 3. Thursday - Quaker Steak & Lube 4. Friday - Tulips

Rides:

1. Benefit for Mini Miracles April 1st at Indian Dealership KSU 11am 2. WesMann’s Ride For The Ramp April 22nd Black Wolf Harley Davidson 11am KSU 12

Rallies:

1. Cave Creek Bike Rally March 24th – April 2nd 2. Tallahassee Bike Fest April 14th – 16th Tallahassee, FLA 3. Thunder on Tobacco Road April 20th – 23rd Seven Spring NC

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Hello everyone, well Spring is me wanting a life size dinosaur. here. Since everybody is going I couldn't afford one so through to want to get out and about I much trial and error I built myself thought it would be nice to start one in 2007. We received a lot of telling folks about things to go cars stopping to take pictures of do in our local area. (Backyard our first one, the Jurassic ParkTerrors and Dinosaur Park 1065 like Raptor that now stands just Walnut Grove Rd, Bluff City, TN outside the entrance. After that 37618) Phone: (423)391-7017 or one we built another and another, (423)534-4429 finally deciding to make a park of it for all to enjoy. We currently Backyard Terrors started in have over 60 prehistoric creatures 2007 with their first dinosaur with more coming soon as we sculpture in their backyard... grow. We have a picnic area and where else? Since then, they have created and put together the local Pizza Plus delivers here. We also have a small gift a plethora of things for all shop. We're a donation-based themes, pirates, monsters, attraction, which means we don't dinosaurs, aliens, you name it! They do set design and can currently charge any admission to get in. We want children of all make an entire display or just ages to able to afford to come make one unique piece. They also do some rentals. Backyard here and experience life-sized creatures from our wonderful Terrors also operates The Funhouse Haunted Attraction, prehistoric past. All donations and Monsters, Myths, and Legends gift shop purchases will aid us in and the Dinosaur Park, a non- expanding and becoming a better profit free admission attraction attraction for our patrons. We're for all ages. open every day from 9AM to Dark.

Chris Kastner – Owner - These Tours are self-guided; photos and videos are permitted. We ask that are Chris’s Words: no one touch the dinosaurs or The dinosaur park is a dream exhibits except where intended. of mine that started out with There are maps available for free at the entrance with information on the animals in the park and informational signs on each animal. Thank you so much for allowing us to do what we are good at and being able to serve the public while doing it. Our mission as always is to Entertain, Educate, and Impress!

Dino Park in the Dark. Bring your flashlights and your courage! The powers out and the dinosaurs on the loose! It's after hours Beanz Biker Corner are at Backyard Terrors Dinosaur

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crashing through the trees as the sirens signal a warning. See Park staff trying to recapture escaped dinosaurs! See trees alive with fireflies and escape the fire erupting volcano! We have 3 Payment Options: 1. Pay with credit or debit using PayPal: backyardterrors@gmail.com 2.

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Useless Facts: 1. A dinosaur called the Pegomastax is one of the weirdest dinosaurs known.

Described as a cross between a parrot and porcupine, it had a beak with teeth that sharpened

themselves against each other.

2. In the 1993 movie, Jurassic Park, there is only 15 minutes of dinosaur footage: 6 minutes of CGI and 9 minutes of animatronics.

3. One of the weirdest dinosaurs is the Suzhousaurus.

Looking like a giant rat, this odd dinosaur also had a furry body, which suggests it is a distant ancestor of the giant ground sloth.

4. People have only been on Earth about 2.5 million years.

Dinosaurs lived on Earth for about 160 million years, which is about 64 times longer than people been around.

5. Meat-eating dinosaurs are known as theropods, which means “beast-footed,” because they had sharp, hooked claws on their toes. In contrast, planteating dinosaurs tended to have blunt hooves or toenails.

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Social media marketing can be a daunting task, even with the proper advertising budget. But what happens when you have no budget at all?

Small businesses and nonprofit organizations are no strangers to this issue.

Social media platforms operate on a “pay to play” basis, meaning that the more advertising dollars you spend, the more likely your content will get pushed to the top of the feed. Small businesses and nonprofit organizations do not have the funding to successfully take advantage of this model.

Creating authentic content that resonates with your audience can alleviate this issue. Share worthy content boosts visibility without

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funding. It allows you to bypass the “pay to play” model and reach audiences that you may not know to target with advertising.

Free tools for graphics, such as Canva, and scheduling tools, such as Buffer and Hootsuite, can save time, money, and effort. (Canva even has a free pro upgrade for nonprofit organizations.) Visuals help your content stand out and scheduling tools help you stay on top of your feed.

Research the tools that will benefit your marketing efforts and their pricing models. You’ll be surprised at how much you can do without a budget if you embrace your creative side.

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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation to Support Black History Walking Tour in Downtown Johnson City Visit Johnson City and Langston Education and Arts Development, Inc. (LEAD) are proud to announce that the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation is providing $5,000 to fund research to launch a Black History Walking Tour of Downtown Johnson City.

“Visitors and residents are interested in learning about Johnson City’s Black history, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to develop something to fill this need,” said Brenda Whitson, Executive Director for Visit Johnson City.

The idea of a walking tour was inspired by similar work being done in Jonesborough and in collaboration with The Heritage Alliance.

Jonesborough’s Vice Mayor Adam Dickson has been a catalyst for the conversation around the possibilities in Johnson City. Dickson also serves as supervisor of partner organization The Langston Centre, a multicultural community engagement facility and

Johnson’s City’s original Black high school. LEAD encouraged Langston’s redevelopment eight years ago and continues to partner with Dickson and the City of Johnson City to bring creative programming and education to the facility.

“LEAD is pleased to partner with Visit Johnson City in helping to shape the tour and determine how a researcher can bring this work to our area,” says James Smith, a LEAD board member.

“We see that LEAD will be part of taking this research to the development of signage, flyers, web-based information and other means.”

healthy activities in the Tri-Cities region, including the BlueCross Healthy Place at Kiwanis Park in Johnson City. To date, the program has invested $34.8 million in BlueCross Healthy Places across the state.

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It’s true I’m no longer a girl in her 20s; heck it’s true I’m a woman dangerously close to ending her 30s.

Which means I’m at that phase in my life where the generational gaps start to become increasingly obvious and I let infuriating colloquialisms like “when I was your age,” and “these kids today” slip with a fair degree of regularity. I must be well on my way to old and curmudgeon, because some days I just wake up and seemingly everything annoys me; this happens to be one of those days. For the last few years there have been stupid things pop up that I thought “surely this is a passing phase and will be gone soon,” and nevertheless they’ve persisted and worse become the norm. I’m here today to present a list of trends that need unfollowing, and my arguments for why. As with everything else in life, this list is strictly opinion and satire and if it offends you, please make your own list and put me on it.

particular are now filtering photos to create an entirely CGI generated appearance that is not even close to their real looks-in fact, that’s the number 1 grievance I hear on online dating from men. They say most women edit and filter their photos so heavily that when they show up in person they’re unrecognizable and feel catfished.

will become annoying and this too shall pass in a year or so. And though it’s not as popular as it was a decade ago, I still see far too many men with their over-conditioned face manes for my liking.

I’m a woman who loves a beard and really can’t say I’ve ever dated a man without one. But a neatly trimmed stubble to ½” thickness is plenty. Its masculine but shows you care about your appearance. And no matter what you say, I don’t care how much you moisturize and trim that Duck Dynasty disaster on your face, it is not sanitary. I watch you all eat and drink; I see you sucking the beer foam from your mustache that’s curled into your mouth, and I watch the crumbs fall south and disappear into the forest of wiry uncontrollable hair cascading toward your chest. And for the love of god, shave your neck beard daily.

Nothing looks sloppier than a ZZ Top beard with another miniature beard that runs into your chest hair.

The most beautiful women I know abuse filters more than anyone, which is hardest for me to comprehend.

These are knockout 10s that I could only aspire to look like, and every photo of themselves has been altered to give the same fox eye, plump pout, over-highlighted, anime-adjacent image as every other vacant social media “celebrity.” And it’s like they’re so de-sensitized to it, they are using increasingly over-the-top filters to the point they’re looking completely cartoonish and don’t even realize. It’s psychotic and I don’t understand; it truly feels like mental illness to me, At the top of my list of grievances and worse, it’s just plain lazy! If you and the personal bane of my Finally: TikTok (or as I call it IckTok.) can’t afford the procedures to give existence: filters.

Why, just…why? yourself a cat-eye or plump your lips It started innocently enough. We all in real life, and you don’t want to learn During Covid lockdown, it was kind of downloaded snap chat and took kooky how to do it with makeup, then you understandable. Being locked in your pics of ourselves with puppy tongues, don’t get to fake it by slapping a stupid house bored with kids and spouses or and cat ears and exploding heart eyes. filter on every photo, build a totally alone for weeks on end was the only It was all just lighthearted fun! Then feasible reasoning in my opinion that new human online and then walk Instagram and Facebook got in on the a grown adult would set up a camera around in the real world looking like action, creating new technologies to Rocky Dennis in Mask. Better yet, learn and film themselves dancing and see yourself as an old person or the lip-syncing to other people’s words. to love the real you, then promote opposite sex. It was still caricature and accordingly. We all want to present the But it continued, and then there were no one used them with any degree of best version of ourselves digitally, but TikTok “trends” where multiple people seriousness. But slowly, one at a time were doing the same stupid dance. at what point is it becoming a lie? and with the assistance of “influencers” Again, not just teenagers-grown adults.

Now for my next point of grief: the around the globe, face filters are now Then Instagram created Reels to get created strictly to enhance the features extra-long beard. in on the action, and now the same and go undetected, with the majority ridiculous content is being posted on Men, you’re not getting off the hook of people using them in every single 2 platforms. Now it’s just the norm to on this list. Back in 2012 or so, we photo they capture, and its gotten see people standing in front of their saw a surge in men growing out their out of hand. It appears the reality of phones mouthing quotes and songs beards. The “Lumbersexual” look “real life” is too unappealing and what became popular and the beard oil and and playing pretend like it’s actually can a little tweaking hurt? Women in barbershop industry exploded. Inch by not completely weird. And what a time suck! There is something far inch, their beards continued to grow, more addicting about IckTock than surpassing Brawny man and moving any other social media site that has into Confederate Soldier, and finally people scrolling nonstop. I have never landing in Wizard territory. I thought gotten sucked in, but I have friends and surely these long, disgusting beards

by Kathie Scalf

family who spend hours into the day and night numbing their minds with fluff content and probably killing brain cells. I’m kind of sick of social media in general, but IckTok needs to go. If you want to play make believe like a child, go outside and play in nature or get lost in a book; that seems far more constructive than fake-talking into a phone screen alone.

This list could go on for days, but in the interest of keeping a space of positivity I will end here. Once again, this is strictly a matter of opinion and luckily we live in a world where everyone has the freedom to express theirs. And while these trivial matters are very annoying to me personally, in the grand scheme of things, they mean nothing. I just wish in general we would all get back to a more organic mindset and stop the herd mentality.

Maybe we can make being un-trendy the next trend!

XO - Kathie

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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park April 2023- Programs and Tours Come Share in the Glorious Cause of Liberty! artists for their monthly meeting, highlighted by an art related presentation.

Tax included Max: 12

house in Tennessee, and the historical prominent Carter family. Travel back to the 1780’s and tour the Carter Mansion. Witness living history reenactors demonstrating aspects of 18th century life and see local craftsman showcasing traditional skills.

Registration required www.tnstateparks.com/parks/ events/sycamore-shoals

1850s Trade Faire at the Carter Mansion

Join Park staff for a guided tour of this stately home built by Mary Patton Taylor, widow of Brigadier General Nathaniel Taylor. The site has been described as one of the finest examples of Federal architecture in the State of Tennessee. During your tour you will have the opportunity to take in the colorful and architecturally detailed interior while learning about the influential Taylor family who called Sabine Hill home in the early 19th century.

Today, most people are inseparable from their smart phones and mobile Free Admission devices. We want to embrace this (Donations Appreciated) cultural change and show you how Although built in the 1770s, you can better use technology on a Tennessee’s oldest frame house was day-to-day bases in nature. Using a thriving farm and family home for tools such as GPS locating, plant nearly two centuries. Come spend identification, and other easily the day at the Carter Mansion and accessible resources and apps, we visit with living history interpreters to will show you how to enhance your learn about various trades, skills, and experience rather than take away professions of the mid-19th century. from it. Join Ranger Cory Franklin on Enjoy learning about occupations such Earth Day for a walk around the park as a lawyer, doctor, undertaker, and to better understand the tools you others. Also, learn about medicinal carry with you daily. The program plant usage, tasks of 19th century will meet and begin at the picnic area housewives, midwifery, children’s beside the visitor center. games, and more.

Sabine Hill Guided Tour

Thursday, April 27

1:00 pm

Adults - $9.00; Ages 7 to 17 years $5.00; 6 and under free

Sabine Hill is located at 2328 West G Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643 Please note, only portable toilet facilities are available at this time.

Accessibility to the home includes steps and an interior staircase. Tour may be subject to cancelation in the event of severely inclement weather.

Saturday, April 15 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

The John and Landon Carter Mansion is located at 1031 Broad Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643.

Accessibility to the home includes

Carter Mansion Celebration steps and an interior staircase.

Saturday, April 1 Watauga Valley 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Art League Meeting Join us for a day of history, traditional arts and family fun as we celebrate the oldest frame

Sunday, April 16 1:30 pm

All are welcome to join our area

Tech in Nature Friday, April 21

1:00 pm

Admission - $5.00 (plus tax), 6 and under free Max: 20 Pre-Registration required www.tnstateparks.com/parks/ events/sycamore-shoals

Annual Plant Auction / 2nd Spring Open House Saturday, April 22 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Doors open at 8:15 am to view plants and register.

Auction begins at 9:00 am.

Join us for the Annual Plant Auction and 2nd Spring Open House here at the park. Come bid on plants,

Visitors Center Hours:

flowers, and shrubs of all kinds.

Also take in a variety of outdoor organizations and groups that will be set up in the Visitor Center and outside the park. Represented will be Master Gardeners, our very own in-house butterfly/bird expert, other neighboring State Parks and sites, and many more.

So, plan on joining us for a fun-filled day of indoor and outdoor activities to kick off your Spring! Sponsored by the UT Extension Service, E. Tenn. Nursery Assoc., and Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park.

Earth Day Celebration Sunday, April 23 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

abine Hill Social Society celebrates Earth Day with a fun day of outdoor activities. We will be meeting outside at the park for an afternoon of shuttlecock, & 9 pins. Look for us near the fort. Period attire is preferred but not necessary. Please bring your own refreshments, chair/ground cover. In the event of inclement weather, this event will be rescheduled.

Old Time Music Jam Led by Art Lang

Sunday, April 23 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Enjoy the rich musical traditions of our region each month. Old time musicians of all levels are welcome. Don’t play an instrument? Come on over, kick back, and enjoy the tunes!

9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Monday through Saturday (closed 11:00 -12:00 for lunch & cleaning) 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Sunday Our Visitors Center is closed on most State holidays. Park grounds are open from dawn until dusk.

In the event of extremely inclement winter weather, contact the park about program cancelations and park office closings.

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I don't know about you, but I tend to enjoy films based on true life events.

One such film based on a true story is "True Spirit", now streaming on Netflix.

The Australian film tells the story of Jessica Watson, an Australian sailor, who at the age of 16, attempted a solo navigation around the world. The film is set in 2009 when Jessica (Teagan Croft) is doing all she can to fulfill her dream of sailing solo around the world, which would take possibly 200 days.

During the journey she must cross the equator and all meridians of longitude. One day Jessica does a test run, and while on the run her boat is hit by a freighter which has strayed off course. Had she remembered to turn on her alert system before she went to bed, the accident would have been avoided. After this harsh lesson, the media in Australia begins to doubt she is prepared for such a trip. Jessica is not deterred

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by the skeptical media, and with the help of her support team consisting of her mom Julie (Anna Paquin), her father Roger (Josh Lawson), her three siblings, and her coach Ben Bryant (Cliff Curtis), she sets sail from Sydney to begin her journey. The journey begins smoothly until she encounters her first big storm, which is extremely violent. Instead of heading away from the storm, she decides to ride it out, but is knocked unconscious and doesn't wake up until the next morning. Jessica convinces her parents she is fine and continues the journey and continues her trip. After enduring the harsh strom, she encounters a period of no wind, which results in her sailboat being stationary for a week. The unexpected stop in her trip brings on a bit of depression and loneliness, but eventually her mom lifts her spirits by singing to her, and the wind once again returns. As Jessica is about one thousand miles from Sydney, she is alerted three storms are about to merge, and Ben tries to convince her to take an alternate route for safety. Jessica considers doing so, but if she does take the alternate route, it will ruin her completion of her circumnavigation. Jessica refuses to give up, and choses to ride the monster storm system out. At this point I will not reveal what she experiences, but I will just say

the film ends on a happy note, where Jessica is named the Young Australian of the Year. I must add Jesica has dyslexia, and despite her challenge, inspired many young people around the world during her journey, and eventually wrote two books. To this day Jessica is an avid sailor. The cast in the film is wonderful, and all are well cast, with Teagan bringing light and energy to her portrayal of Jessica. Of course Paquin is her usual excellent self, and Curtis ("Fear the Walking Dead") is

effective in his portrayal of the disgraced former competitive sailor. Director Sarah Spillane ("Around the Block") keeps the film exciting, and allows star Teagan to do all the emoting she needs in her role. "True Spirit" is a wonderful story of how you should never let anyone keep you from achieving your dreams. Now streaming on: Netflix. (Rated TV-PG) YouTube TV. (Not Rated)

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CONCERT SCHEDULE Bristol

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PARAMOUNT Mar 11 Free Fallin’-The Tom Petty Tribute Mar 12 Newsboys Mar 16 Farm and Fun Time Show with Sam Bush, Annabelle’s Curse and Bill and the Belles Mar 31/Apr 1 49 Winchester Apr 15 Best of the EaglesTribute to The Eagles Apr 29 Ashley McBryde (sold out) May 11 Steep Canyon Rangers May 19 A Brothers RevivalTribute to The Allman Brothers May 21 Mac Powell Jun 17 Nightrain-Tribute to Guns n Roses Jul 22 Head Games-Tribute to Foreigner Jul 29 Journeyman: Tribute to Eric Clapton Aug 12 Yellow Brick RoadTribute to Elton John Sep 16 EW&F-Tribute to Earth, Wind and Fire Oct 14 Lady SupremeTribute to Diana Ross

NISWONGER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Mar 11 Jefferson Starship Mar 31 Gentri (The Gentlemen Trio) Apr 4 One Night of Queen-performed

by Gary Mullen And the Works Apr 14 Mark Lowry Apr 22 Masters of Soul May 5 Wild World of Animals Free Community Concert Series May 13 Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives May 20 Get The Led OutLed Zeppelin Tribute

CAMEO THEATER Mar 10 BoDeans Mar 17 John Michael Montgomery Mar 18 Bad Marriage Mar 26 Eric Gales Apr 8 Billy Prine and Prime Time Band Apr 19 Trampled By Turtles Apr 22 The Band of Heathens Apr 29 Billy Idol and Bret Michaels (Street show) May 10 An Evening with Roger McGuinn Jun 17 Vixen

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RYMAN AUDITORIUM Mar 11 & 12 Bobby Weir and Wolf Bros Mar 18 Buddy Guy Mar 30,31 & Apr 1 GOOSE Apr 6 The Mountain Goats Apr 7 & 13 Morgan Wade Apr 8 Leann Rimes Apr 14 & 15 Lady A Apr 19 Leann Morgan (Opry House) Apr 21 David Spade Apr 27-29 Nickel Creek May 8-10 John Mellencamp May 19 Crowded House May 24 Rick Springfield Jul 6 Sam Bush Jul 13 Rhonda Vincent Jul 27 Ricky Skaggs Aug 19 Kansas ASCEND AMPHITHEATER May 6 Whiskey Myers May 11 Koe Wetzel Jun 23 Walker Hayes Jul 11 Foreigner and Loverboy Jul 18 Louis Tomlinson Jul 19 Yungblud Aug 27 Ghost Sep 12 /13 Artic Monkeys BRIDGESTONE ARENA Mar 31 Kane Brown Apr 7 Chris Tomlin Apr 16 New Edition May 4 Janet Jackson with Ludacris Jun 13 Duran Duran Jun 17 Bryan Adams and Joan Jett NISSAN STADIUM Apr 15 Luke Combs May 5-7 Taylor Swift May 19 Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks Jun 11 CMA Fest Jul 22 Ed Sheeran Jul 28-29 George Strait, Chris Stapleton & Little Big Town Jul 3 Matchbox Twenty and The Wallflowers

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THE ORANGE PEEL Mar 10 They Might Be Giants Mar 23 moe.

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At the New Year, I made one resolution that I swore I was going to accomplish. I know we are just about a quarter of the way through 2023, but I still haven’t made any headway into accomplishing this grand task.

It’s not a life-or-death task, and it’s not like I’m running out of time to get it done. But I resolved that I was going to give my record collection a long overdue organization.

I’ll repeat that till we get to me saying “That was a busy month, I hope it quiets down a little next month.” This is the world I have lived in for a while. Somedays it’s a “drink all the coffee and hang on” and others it’s “The chaos is somewhat organized and if you’re studious you may have one cup of coffee between the time of 9:15 and 9:55 this morning.”

I know that when it comes to this round of organization, which For most people, this would be a will include some long overdue simple task that takes a few hours thinning out of a couple of over an afternoon or an evening. records, will be a multi-day affair.

One year ago I organized and For me, when your collection takes up a portion of a wall in your alphabetized my CD collection— yes, I still have all of mine as I downstairs room, you’re gonna don’t trust everything to stream. need a bigger boat. I think that’s That took two days to finish. I’ve why I find myself dragging my feet about getting into it. The last said many times on these pages time I did this it took a day and a that I love music and I simply need to have the physical objects half. That was years ago and my collection has grown more than a that contain the sounds in my life. good bit since.

There’s also that pesky factor of time. Since last Summer I swear that I end every week going “That was a busy week, I hope it quiets down a little next week.” Then

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There are some small ways where Past Andy will have helped Current Andy when it comes time for Future Andy to finally start going through all the vinyl.

Some artists are organized, and there is some genre organizing going on. One-half of the shelving is devoted to rock/pop and the other is broken down into segments by shelf. One for Christmas, Jazz, Soul/R&B, Vocal Jazz, and Soundtracks, and another for lots of random bits of whatnot that is my various section.

The day will come, before the end of this year, when I will get this done. I’m half debating seeing if I can trick some friends into coming over and helping me. It’s not so much taking the old records off the shelf that I fear will overwhelm me, as much as it is what it will look like when all these are out

on the floor in stacks being ready to be flipped through so I can alphabetize them.

I simply dread the idea of having all my records off their shelf, only to be overwhelmed to the point of not doing anything with them.

Yet, I know that at some point I’ll do it. Maybe I should come up with a plan where I just go through and grab all the records out in alphabetical order. All the As, Bs, and so on, right down the line.

Still. I can’t help but like the idea of getting friends over to help.

I’ll cook, it’s a good bribe. Then maybe I’ll finally get the darn things in order. Till then, I’ll just keep staring at it, putting the “pro” in “procrastination.” See you next week.

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Still Unresolved