http://www.metropulse.com/news/columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-world/?partner=RSSMetroPulse Stories: A Living World by Eleanor Scotten-uscolumns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldhttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/jun/12/us-folks-beautiful-places-make-better-people/?partner=RSSThe most awe-inspiring buildings I’ve been in were churches. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:39:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26125-735031columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNUs Folks: Beautiful Places Make Better PeopleMetroPulseus-folks-beautiful-places-make-better-peopleurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26125-735031Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/29/south-knox-stories-updates-few-landmarks-south-riv/?partner=RSSFollowing up on Noonie's bus stop, the South Knox rope swing, and swimming at Fort Dickerson Quarry Lake. Wed, 29 May 2013 14:23:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26066-735017columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNSouth Knox Stories: Updates on a Few Landmarks South of the RiverMetroPulsesouth-knox-stories-updates-few-landmarks-south-rivurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-26066-735017Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/may/08/arts-and-gardens-district-parkridge-still-has-plen/?partner=RSSI’ve been interested for a while about pinning down exactly what gentrification means, and my last column—a definition and general overview of gentrification—was the result. Wed, 08 May 2013 14:58:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25991-734996columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNThe Arts and Gardens District: Parkridge Still Has Plenty of Room for DreamersMetroPulsearts-and-gardens-district-parkridge-still-has-plenurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25991-734996Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/24/does-gentrification-deserve-our-support-or-warrant/?partner=RSSGentrification. In the past month, I’ve seen the concept defended on a local Internet forum, heard it derided in front-porch gabfests, and seen it awkwardly danced around in community meetings. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:42:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25945-734982columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNDoes Gentrification Deserve Our Support, or Warrant an Intervention?MetroPulsedoes-gentrification-deserve-our-support-or-warranturn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25945-734982Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/apr/10/shooting-moon-aiming-high-and-risking-it-all-parkr/?partner=RSSThe cops say it is not our imagination. The past few months have seen a marked increase in armed home invasions, drive-by shootings, and murders, mostly in East Knoxville. In the violence, one pattern has emerged. Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:26:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25866-734968columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNShooting the Moon: Aiming High and Risking it All in ParkridgeMetroPulseshooting-moon-aiming-high-and-risking-it-all-parkrurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25866-734968Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/mar/13/weeds-civilization-daffodils-reminders-what-once-w/?partner=RSSWhy is there a square of daffodils peeking through the crispy brown kudzu off Alcoa Highway? Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:36:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25765-734940columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNThe Weeds of Civilization: Daffodils as Reminders of What Once WasMetroPulseweeds-civilization-daffodils-reminders-what-once-wurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25765-734940Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/feb/27/game-drones-adventures-backyard-beekeeping/?partner=RSSSpring is coming. In March a new queen will be born. Even now, she’s curled in her queen cup, small and larval-white, floating in a bath of royal jelly. Soon, the workers will cap her cell with wax. When she’s ready to emerge she’ll have to chew her way out. Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:21:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25717-734926columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNA Game of Drones: Adventures in Backyard BeekeepingMetroPulsegame-drones-adventures-backyard-beekeepingurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25717-734926Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/feb/13/new-roots-we-live-city-cares-about-trees/?partner=RSS“I’m an advocate for trees,” says Kasey Krouse, “that is, the right tree in the right place.” Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:38:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25655-734912columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNNew Roots: We Live in a City That Cares About TreesMetroPulsenew-roots-we-live-city-cares-about-treesurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25655-734912Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/jan/23/pondering-preservation/?partner=RSSThe house around the corner from mine needs a lot of love. Or to be put out of its misery. Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:35:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25586-734891columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNPondering PreservationMetroPulsepondering-preservationurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25586-734891Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2013/jan/09/one-kind-knoxvilles-last-rare-books-store-prepares/?partner=RSSIn December, John Coleman announced on Facebook that his used/rare/antiquarian bookstore, Central Street Books, will close in March. For the first time in 22 years, Coleman will take a “sabbatical” from bricks-and-mortar retail. Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:19:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25523-734877columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNOne of a Kind: Knoxville's Last Rare-Books Store Prepares to CloseMetroPulseone-kind-knoxvilles-last-rare-books-store-preparesurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25523-734877Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/dec/26/shopping-knoxvilles-intriguing-salvage-yards/?partner=RSSFor some time I’ve been meaning to write about three especially thrilling salvage yards in town, their rickety outbuildings and crowded aisles full of history, whimsy, and intrigue. These salvage yards are all are second- and third-generation locally-owned businesses, and all their stock is recycled. Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25501-734863columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNShopping at Knoxville’s Intriguing Salvage YardsMetroPulseshopping-knoxvilles-intriguing-salvage-yardsurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25501-734863Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/dec/12/shroomer-bledsoe-shows-new-digs-and-old-stomping-g/?partner=RSSMany readers have asked after the well-being and whereabouts of Charles “Shroomer” Bledsoe, unofficial caretaker and resident of Fort Dickerson Quarry Park, evicted from his hand-built stone cabin in the woods by the city in November. People who know him from the quarry may not be aware that his residence there was only part of the pattern of DIY stewardship projects characterizing the eras of Bledsoe’s transient life. Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:49:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25445-734849columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TN“Shroomer” Bledsoe Shows Off New Digs and Old Stomping GroundsMetroPulseshroomer-bledsoe-shows-new-digs-and-old-stomping-gurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25445-734849Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/nov/28/foraging-edible-weeds/?partner=RSSMy Beardsley Farm benefit calendar says it’s time to harvest fall greens. I only planted a few mustard greens in my garden this year, and they are still too young to eat. That’s all right though, because I can still make a decent salad from the wild greens growing like weeds in the yard. Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:18:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25385-734835columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNForaging for Edible WeedsMetroPulseforaging-edible-weedsurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25385-734835Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/nov/07/quarry-man-dickerson-quarry-parks-unofficial-caret/?partner=RSSCharles “Shroomer” Bledsoe, known as Fort Dickerson Park’s unofficial ranger, groundskeeper, lifeguard, historian, and artist-in-residence, received an eviction notice around 7 a.m. last Friday morning. Knoxville police told him he has until Wednesday to remove his books and things, then the stacked-stone cabin he built himself over the last three years will be torn down. Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:37:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25304-734814columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNQuarry Man: Fort Dickerson Quarry Park's Unofficial Caretaker Gets EvictedMetroPulsequarry-man-dickerson-quarry-parks-unofficial-careturn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25304-734814Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/oct/24/knoxvilles-artful-arch-artist-kelly-browns-new-scu/?partner=RSSKelly Brown has nearly completed his as-yet-untitled sculpture—a “controlled chaos,” as he says, of donated bicycles, tricycles, and bike parts tumbling over the back entrance of the new Outdoor Knoxville Adventure Center. Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:11:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25217-734800columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNKnoxville's Artful Arch: Artist Kelly Brown's New Sculpture Gives "Props" to the Bicycling CommunityMetroPulseknoxvilles-artful-arch-artist-kelly-browns-new-scuurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25217-734800Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/oct/10/broadway-viaduct-construction-project-displaces-lo/?partner=RSSBeginning in 2013, the Broadway Viaduct, which spans the Norfolk-Southern railroad tracks between Jackson Avenue and Depot Avenue, will be completely demolished along with the odd little buildings perched on it, and replaced with a new structure. Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:48:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25185-734786columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNBroadway Viaduct Construction Project Displaces Local BusinessesMetroPulsebroadway-viaduct-construction-project-displaces-lourn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25185-734786Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/sep/12/community-gardening-what-definition-success/?partner=RSSAfter talking to community gardeners and visiting community gardens all summer, I noticed a few assets and conditions that proved essential to a garden, and, in some cases, spelled its success or failure for the season. Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:31:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25056-734758columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNCommunity Gardening: What is the Definition of Success?MetroPulsecommunity-gardening-what-definition-successurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25056-734758Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/aug/29/roof-cresting-architectural-ornaments-connecting-e/?partner=RSSThe roof was so seriously dilapidated that there wasn’t much of it left, except for a long decorative piece of metal that ran from gable to gable, capping a swaybacked roofline. Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:20:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25002-734744columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNRoof Cresting: Architectural Ornaments Connecting Earth and SkyMetroPulseroof-cresting-architectural-ornaments-connecting-eurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-25002-734744Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/aug/15/meadow-gone-wild-habitat-restoration-creates-wildl/?partner=RSSWith a razor-thin budget and just two employees, Brian Campbell, director of horticulture, was struggling to mow and maintain the 50 acres that comprise the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum. Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:14:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-24942-734730columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNMeadow Gone Wild: Habitat Restoration Creates a Wildlife Oasis at Botanical GardenMetroPulsemeadow-gone-wild-habitat-restoration-creates-wildlurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-24942-734730Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2012/aug/01/urban-meadow-wildflowers-and-graffiti-under-inters/?partner=RSSThe meadow of the old Standard Knitting Mill, created in the 1990s when the oldest and most beautiful part of the mill was torn down—to make way for a school, never built—stands at a crossroads. Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:52:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-24892-734716columns/knoxville-culture/a-living-worldEleanor ScottKnoxville, TNAn Urban Meadow: Wildflowers and Graffiti Under the InterstateMetroPulseurban-meadow-wildflowers-and-graffiti-under-intersurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-24892-734716Change0Usable