Steve Wildsmith's Recent Columns

Finding personal fulfillment in the suburban lifestyle

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This weekend at Maryville College, let ‘Freedom!’ ring

Weekend editor Steve Wildsmith’s entertainment column for Thursday, May 16, 2013Read more...

Some thoughts on mamas as Mother’s Day approaches

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Henry’s Fund, Cornerstone team up for Saturday walk to combat addiction

Weekend editor Steve Wildsmith’s addiction/recovery column for Monday, May 6, 2013Read more...

Some thoughts on the Westboro plans to picket the ‘Possum’s’ funeral

Weekend editor Steve Wildsmith’s entertainment column for Thursday, May 2, 2013.Read more...

What’s a ‘Brony?’ You probably don’t want to know

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Cornerstone, Henry’s Fund organize 5K walk/run at Springbrook to combat addiction

Weekend editor Steve Wildsmith’s addiction/recovery column for Monday, April 22, 2013Read more...

Words of wisdom from popular culture in the wake of Boston tragedy

Steve Wildsmith’s entertainment column for Thursday, April 18, 2013Read more...

Striving to overcome that ingrained paranoia

Weekend editor Steve Wildsmith’s personal column for Thursday, April 11, 2013Read more...

Trading one drug for another doesn’t equal recovery or freedom

Weekend editor Steve Wildsmith’s addiction/recovery column for Monday, April 8, 2013Read more...

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Hiking With Hardtack: ‘The Hitch-in-the-Get-Along Gang’ hits The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain

When two Army veterans hit The Appalachian Trail at Springer Mountain, Ga., with Daily Times staffers who are following a thru-hiking United Methodist chaplain, they encounter rain, ice, wind and a crowd of other hikers attempting to reach Mount Katahdin before snow arrives -- plus a whole lot more. Read more...

Hiking with Hardtack: United Methodist chaplain journeys along The Appalachian Trail

Josh "Hardtack" Lindamood, a chaplain commissioned by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church to serve hikers along The Appalachian Trail, begins his thru-hike of the approximate 2,183-mile footpath from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to Katahdin, Maine, on April 4, and provides a look at the first few days on The A.T. Read more...