treehouse

I recently had the privilege of staying in this amazing treehouse with some friends outside of chattanooga, tn. there was a lot of wine, food, and nature time.

photographs and words by kristin karch

sewanee, tennessee

rebecca and i both went to the same college, the university of the south in sewanee, tennessee, and we were both art majors there (although rebecca later transferred to uga in athens…). sewanee is such a strange, magical place and it is in most part due to the fact that the campus is 10,000 acres on a high mountain plateau of sandstone and other rock. the school buildings are clustered in a small area, leaving the rest of the land to just be. there is a 22 mile loop trail that encircles campus and many ways to access it, to hop on a trail for a short day hike, or to set off on longer overnight excursions.

one thing i love about having gone to sewanee is that everyone, whether they meant to or not, was aware of the natural beauty around them. you couldn't ignore it because it was literally in your face everywhere you looked…and that has left a lasting impression on me.

i was in sewanee last weekend and saw a bunch of my old friends. we, of course, took to the woods to get a dose of natural beauty.

photographs and words by rinne allen

old white house

this one took my breath away, in the clinch valley, in tennessee. the foundation and chimneys were built of huge blocks of limestone. by the kitchen door, an old coal crate spilling its contents on the ground, the coal shovel still in it. some dying crabapples and a determined clump of peonies were all that remained of the plantings, but there was a good crop of wild burdock all around the foundation. an old shed and a barn on a nearby hill were all that remained of outbuildings.

photographs and words by rebecca wood

'not responsible for accidents'

this is a place i've been wanting to revisit for years. it's on highway 25 east in white pine, tennessee. it was crowded a few years ago, but now it is more so. a bit dark inside, with piles on top of piles of collectibles of all kinds: cookie jars, blue glass, teapots, china patterns of all kinds and glass of all kinds. thank god like things are all grouped together. after i got done picking out a few things, i asked the guy if he had any glass frogs. he said 'yep'. i asked if he knew where they were and he said 'yep.' i said do you know where everything in here is?, and he said 'yep'. you have to hold your breath and go sideways down the aisles. a sign stenciled on the wall out front says 'not responsible for accidents". go there sometime. pretty sure they have whatever it is you're looking for!

photographs and words by rebecca wood