what do you know about KNOXVILLE?

The lede from a short item I wrote for our daily email. What a world.

The talk of local social media yesterday was the announcement that Tom Boyd, the inventor of DNA testing for dog poop and the father of our state university president, plans a $40 million resort behind a South Knoxville Walmart that seems clearly derivative of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. He even wrote his own accompanying book -- which you can download for free -- called The Bobbins -- Outcast to the Inner Earth.

guys this looks incredible! (the “Jazzbilly” thing)

https://knoxvillehistoryproject.org/events/

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAscOyurzIuH9zGM8ITIr-T1RAixF037MNg

i wish it was in person but still

Thanks I’ve been getting antsy missing two years’ wort of Big Ears festivals.

Was just thinking about the shrimp and grits at Tupelo Honey :(