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Lover of all things Tennessee. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.jennieivey.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Welcome!](https://www.jennieivey.com/2011/02/28/welcome/) ## Pages - [Why Historical Truth Matters](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/why-historical-truth-matters/) - [Two of My Favorite Patriots](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/two-of-my-favorite-patriots/) - [I Watched (Almost) a Whole Soccer Game](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/i-watched-almost-a-whole-soccer-game/) - [Historic Boston Was Only Part of It](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/historic-boston-was-only-part-of-it/) - [Trying to Find My Patriotism](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/trying-to-find-my-patriotism/) - [Let the Library Do Its Job](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/let-the-library-do-its-job/) - [Back from Boston (Maybe)](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/back-from-boston-maybe/) - [Longing for Old-timey](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/longing-for-old-timey/) - [A Stye on My Eye](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/a-stye-on-my-eye/) - [Of Bears and Air Conditioning](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/of-bears-and-air-conditioning/) - [Beware of Bear!](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/beware-of-bear/) - [Winged Ants: Who Knew?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/winged-ants-who-knew/) - [In Praise of Cow Pastures](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/in-praise-of-cow-pastures/) - [You Never Even Called Me by My Name](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/you-never-even-called-me-by-my-name/) - [The Prince of Egypt: Don't Miss It!](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/the-prince-of-egypt-dont-miss-it/) - [Closing Out Poetry Month](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/closing-out-poetry-month/) - [Dr. Pepper Memories](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/dr-pepper-memories/) - [To the Moon and Back](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/to-the-moon-and-back/) - [What Will They Think of Next?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/what-will-they-think-of-next/) - [Poem for a Tree Cutter](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/poem-for-a-tree-cutter/) - [March: Forever Difficult](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/march-forever-difficult/) - [Was J.C. Penney a Real Person?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/was-j-c-penney-a-real-person/) - [What Does It Mean?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/what-does-it-mean/) - [It's Not Easy Being a Dinosaur](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/its-not-easy-being-a-dinosaur/) - [Friday the 13th: Don't Let Your Guard Down](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/friday-the-13th-dont-let-your-guard-down/) - [Super Bowl Sixty: In the Books](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/super-bowl-sixty-in-the-books/) - [Something Real Illegal?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/something-real-illegal/) - [Snow on Snow on Snow](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/snow-on-snow-on-snow/) - [Snow on Snow on Snow](https://www.jennieivey.com/snow-on-snow-on-snow/) - [Which Font Is Best?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/which-font-is-best/) - [What Kind of Turtle Was That?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/what-kind-of-turtle-was-that/) - [Books I Loved, Books I Didn't](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/books-i-loved-books-i-didnt/) - [Tying Up Loose Ends](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/tying-up-loose-ends/) - [How Not to Light a Tree](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/how-not-to-light-a-tree/) - [Trolls, Trolls Everywhere](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/trolls-trolls-everywhere/) - [Carnage at Christmastime](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/carnage-at-christmastime/) - [Lights, Ornaments, Memories](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/lights-ornaments-memories/) - [The Battle Over Books Rages On](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/the-battle-over-books-rages-on/) - [Hearts on a Bumper](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/hearts-on-a-bumper/) - [Battling the Stinkbugs](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/battling-the-stinkbugs/) - [Jamaica Memories. Yah Mon.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/jamaica-memories-yah-mon/) - [A Sleepy Little Town No More](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/a-sleepy-little-town-no-more/) - [A Grim(m) Tale for Halloween](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/a-grimm-tale-for-halloween/) - [Out of Bounds](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/out-of-bounds/) - [Remembering the Arawaks](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/remembering-the-arawaks/) - [Traveling the Backroads](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/traveling-the-backroads/) - [Whole Bean or Ground?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/whole-bean-or-ground/) - [Book Challenges Draw Large Crowd](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/book-challenges-draw-large-crowd/) - [Swords Into Plowshares? Not So Fast.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/swords-into-plowshares-not-so-fast/) - [Meet Me at the Cracker Barrel](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/meet-me-at-the-cracker-barrel/) - [Standing Up for Truth](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/standing-up-for-truth/) - [Opening the Pickle Jar](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/opening-the-pickle-jar/) - [Trapped on the Porch](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/trapped-on-the-porch/) - [Back in the Hummingbird Business](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/back-in-the-hummingbird-business/) - [Putting Away the Screens](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/putting-away-the-screens/) - [Dear "Anonymous." Who Are You?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/dear-anonymous-who-are-you/) - [Fishing Out the Cans](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/fishing-out-the-cans/) - [When Cruelty Is the Point](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/when-cruelty-is-the-point/) - [Saving the Lightning Bugs](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/saving-the-lightning-bugs/) - [Traversing the Mountain. Or not.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/traversing-the-mountain-or-not/) - [Celebrating National Typewriter Day](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/celebrating-national-typewriter-day/) - [No Kings. Not Now, Not Ever](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/no-kings-not-now-not-ever/) - [No End to the Penny Stories](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/no-end-to-the-penny-stories/) - [Mourning the Penny's Demise](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/mourning-the-pennys-demise/) - [They're Back...With a Different Roman Numeral](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/theyre-back-with-a-different-roman-numeral/) - [Cedar Cardinals Bring Joy](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/cedar-cardinals-bring-joy/) - [The Great Gatsby Still Rings True](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/the-great-gatsby-still-rings-true/) - [Be Careful What You Wish For](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/be-careful-what-you-wish-for/) - [When Your Wallet Goes Missing](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/when-your-wallet-goes-missing/) - [Robot Pets Not Always Warm and Fuzzy](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/robot-pets-not-always-warm-and-fuzzy/) - [Sciatica: No Walk in the Park](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/sciatica-no-walk-in-the-park/) - [Relishing the Redbuds Before They Fade](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/relishing-the-redbuds-before-they-fade/) - [How Not to Take a Cat to the Vet](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/how-not-to-take-a-cat-to-the-vet/) - [Worth Getting Up For?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/worth-getting-up-for/) - [No More Time Change, Please Oh Please](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/no-more-time-change-please-oh-please/) - [Patrolling for Iguanas](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/patrolling-for-iguanas/) - [What Do You Call That Place?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/what-do-you-call-that-place/) - [Of Kickoffs and Punts and Moving the Goalposts](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/of-kickoffs-and-punts-and-moving-the-goalposts/) - [Celebrating Hearts, Accidentally and On Purpose](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/celebrating-hearts-accidentally-and-on-purpose/) - [No Surprise: School Voucher Law Passes](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/3569-2/) - [Help Wanted: Hotdoggers](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/help-wanted-hotdoggers/) - [Ever Eat a Groundhog?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/ever-eat-a-groundhog/) - [The American Presidency: A Small, Small World](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/the-american-presidency-a-small-small-world/) - [Every Living Creature Has to Eat](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/every-living-creature-has-to-eat/) - [Getting Stuff Done. Or Not.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/getting-stuff-done-or-not/) - [Word of the Year for 2025](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/word-of-the-year-for-2025/) - [Counting Down to Seventy](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/counting-down-to-seventy/) - [Maybe It's Not So Dark After All](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/maybe-its-not-so-dark-after-all/) - ["Decades" at Taco Bell Spark Memories](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/decades-at-taco-bell-spark-memories/) - [You Can Get Anything You Want...](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/you-can-get-anything-you-want/) - [More About Poplar Trees](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/more-about-poplar-trees/) - [Poplar Trees Grow Straight and True](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/poplar-trees-grow-straight-and-true/) - ["I Have No Words of Comfort"](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/i-have-no-words-of-comfort/) - [Writing a Column in Limbo](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/writing-a-column-in-limbo/) - [Babying the Begonia (And Worrying)](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/babying-the-begonia-and-worrying/) - ["Twenty-four Tales: Appalachian Ghost Stories" on sale now](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/twenty-four-tales-appalachian-ghost-stories-on-sale-now/) - [Talking to Strangers. Or not.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/talking-to-strangers-or-not/) - [Celebrating Banned Books, A Little Bit Late](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/celebrating-banned-books-a-little-bit-late/) - [Helene in the Mountains](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/helene-in-the-mountains/) - [Crazy Horse: South Dakota](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/crazy-horse-south-dakota/) - [Faces in Stone: South Dakota](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/faces-in-stone-south-dakota/) - [Wild Times: South Dakota](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/wild-times-south-dakota/) - [Bucket List: South Dakota](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/3479-2/) - [Light in August](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/light-in-august/) - [Olympic Reflections: Paris 2024](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/olympic-reflections-paris-2024/) - [Nothing Can Compare to the Putnam County Fair](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/nothing-can-compare-to-the-putnam-county-fair/) - [Free Pizza: Not Always Easy](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/free-pizza-not-always-easy/) - [Stories From the Break Room](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/stories-from-the-break-room/) - [Searching for Peace? Try Coloring.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/searching-for-peace-try-coloring/) - [How I Became a Reporter, Sort Of](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/how-i-became-a-reporter-sort-of/) - [Stuck in a Carwash](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/stuck-in-a-carwash/) - [Accidental Patriot: "Woods Runner"](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/accidental-patriot-woods-runner/) - [At Warp Speed](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/at-warp-speed/) - [Brood XIX: Missing in Action](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/brood-xix-missing-in-action/) - [Another Sleepy, Dusty Delta Day](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/another-sleepy-dusty-delta-day/) - [Still Hanging on After All This Time](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/still-hanging-on-after-all-this-time/) - [Asking the Right Questions. Or Not.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/asking-the-right-questions-or-not/) - [A Tale That Never Grows Old](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/a-tale-that-never-grows-old/) - [What to Take to the Basement?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/what-to-take-to-the-basement/) - [Searching for Spirit](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/searching-for-spirit/) - [Going Metric, Sort Of](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/going-metric-sort-of/) - [In Celebration of Poetry. And Baseball.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/in-celebration-of-poetry-and-baseball/) - [Happy Earth Day. Let's Do Better.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/happy-earth-day-lets-do-better/) - [Not Total, Still Wonderful](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/not-total-still-wonderful/) - [What's That Poking Through the Bricks?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/whats-that-poking-through-the-bricks/) - [First, Stop the Bleeding](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/first-stop-the-bleeding/) - [A Thousand Days of One Small Pleasure](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/a-thousand-days-of-one-small-pleasure/) - [Like Sands Through the Hourglass...](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/like-sands-through-the-hourglass/) - [Leaving Without a Radio](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/leaving-without-a-radio/) - [Mourning the Loss of Dry Valley Precinct](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/mourning-the-loss-of-dry-valley-precinct/) - [When the Peepers Sing, I Know It's Spring](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/when-the-peepers-sing-i-know-its-spring/) - [Super Bowl Column? Maybe So, Maybe Not](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/super-bowl-column-maybe-so-maybe-not/) - [Old Necklace Brings Back Memories](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/old-necklace-brings-back-memories/) - [Don't Walk Distracted, Part Two](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/dont-walk-distracted-part-two/) - [Don't Walk Distracted, Part One](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/dont-walk-distracted-part-one/) - [Snow Days Are for the Birds](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/snow-days-are-for-the-birds/) - [Stir Stick Shortage: Should I Worry?](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/stir-stick-shortage-should-i-worry/) - [Resolution: Read Better, Write Better](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/resolution-read-better-write-better/) - [Happy Birthday to Me. Maybe.](https://www.jennieivey.com/newspaper-columns/happy-birthday-to-me-maybe/) - [Dark Sky? 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