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Continue reading →: UT Gardens, State Botanical Garden of TennesseeUT has offered a Horticulture Therapy Outreach program since 2012. Participants can engage onsite or you can book an event at your facility. They work closely with area organizations that support individuals with intellectual, mental health, and disability or mobility struggles, senior living centers, and other community services.
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s County Clare: The Burren National Park, Doolin, & the Cliffs of MoherCounty Clare is flush with ringforts and ruins of old castles, monasteries, and abbeys. It’s like most people have a castle or something ancient in their yard. No big deal.
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Continue reading →: Mamaw Festival: Celebrating Music, Arts, & Wellness in HarlanYou are going to hate me for this, but Harlan County is what they call a “moist” county. Darrell Scott’s song “You’ll Never Leave Harlan Alive” has been covered by even more well-known names like Brad Paisley and Patti Loveless, but my favourite rendition is by the Ruby Friedman Orchestra.
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Continue reading →: Heidelberg, Ich Hab’ Mein Herz VerlorenMark Twain wrote about Heidelberg, “I have never enjoyed a view which had such a serene and satisfying charm about it as this one gives.”
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s Famous Ring of Kerry Pt. 3: Waterville, Cahersiveen, & KillorglinRING OF KERRY The Ring of Kerry is a world-renowned scenic driving route that follows N70 around a loop, or ring, to the best of County Kerry and the Iveragh Peninsula. I have just written two previous blogs about The Ring of Kerry that lead to where we start in…
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s Ring of Kerry Pt. 2: Kenmare, Sneem, Caherdaniel, & DerrynaneRING OF KERRYThe Ring of Kerry is a world-renowned scenic driving route that follows N70 around a loop, or ring, to the best of County Kerry and the Iveragh Peninsula. You can stay on the N70 road for about 111 miles and drive the entire ring in a matter of…
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s County Kerry: The Ring of Kerry, Killarney National Park, & The Historic Lake HotelCOUNTY KERRY County Kerry is known as “The Kingdom” in Ireland and includes the towns of Killarney, Kenmare, Sneem, Waterville, Cahersiveen, Caherdaniel, Dingle, Blennerville, and others. The name Kerry comes from the word “Ciarrai” which is pronounced more like “Keer-ree” and means “the people of Ciar.” “Ciar” itself is used…
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Continue reading →: Connemara National Park & The Kylemore AbbeyIRELAND’S CONNEMARA REGION After narrowly avoiding the destruction of Hurricane Ophelia back in 2017, my best friend and I excitedly arrived at the Connemara National Park in Ireland’s western County Galway. “Connemara” refers to the Connemara National Park as much as it does the entire region, which is largely a…
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s County Galway: From Renvyle to Bell Harbour in a HurricaneBACKSTORYMy best friend and I had been having the time of our lives on a whirlwind tour from Dublin to Belfast, all through Northern Ireland up to Bushmills and the Giants Causeway, back down to the Republic to tour various small towns, and then some. We had met wonderful people,…
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Continue reading →: Céad Míle Fáilte to Dublin, and Good Luck Finding Your Way AroundI really love Dublin, honest, but the city needs to get it together when it comes to street signs. First, my best friend and I quickly learned the signs were made of some type of paper composite and that a heavy rain did away with most of the lettering a…
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Continue reading →: Dayton ‘Til I Die: All Local in the Historic Oregon DistrictMy dad always says “Ohio is a great place to be… from.”
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