#Sewanee TN

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...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SEQUATCHIE AND NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM CDT... At 819 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Sewanee, or 9 miles east of Winchester, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Dunlap, Monteagle, Fiery Gizzard State Park, Griffith Creek, and Cagle.

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This collection of #poems borrows its title from a line of the second poem, “Kleos, or Fame”. “Kleos” also begins the story of the #war, “gentle” because it is a commitment, at times a struggle, to care: for each other and our #world, from moment to moment, from day to day. To fight the gentle war is to live in opposition to another war, a war associated in several of the poems with “history”: reckless ambition, abuse of power, indifference to suffering, violence. There are moments—at times mysterious—when we feel the gentle war may win, so let’s celebrate, let’s remember those moments. In iambic pentameter? It is a meter usually more vigorous than gentle. But there are moments we want to remember and celebrate with vigor!

David Landon is the Bishop Juhan Professor of Theatre Emeritus at the University of the South in Sewanee. He won the American Academy Poetry Prize as an undergraduate at Harvard, where he was class poet. More recent poems have appeared in Able Muse (Write Prize), Southwest Review (Marr Prize, runner-up), Georgia Review (Lorraine Williams Prize, featured finalist), and elsewhere. As an actor he has performed with the Nashville, Alabama, and New York Shakespeare Festivals, with the Provincetown and New Orleans Tennessee Williams’ Festivals. Several of his undergraduate poems were republished in the Harvard Advocate Centennial Anthology (T. S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, E.E. Cummings, etc.).

PRAISE FOR Some Moments in a Gentle War by David MacRae Landon:

In the intimate voice of a wise friend over a glass of wine, Landon’s poems both narrate and participate in a “gentle war”—that is, a quiet but noble campaign “to take back history from violence.” In locations ranging from the Metropolitan Museum to a rural Piggly Wiggly, Montaigne and Bach are at home, but so are the mundane details of unfolded laundry, a paper cup—all invested with what Landon calls “magic.” The enchantment is in the verse itself, a deftly conversational form distilled from Landon’s years as a Shakespearean actor. But don’t be fooled: these captivating poems are as current as today’s news, and give the reader strength to bear it.

–Jennifer D. Michael, Author of Let Me Let Go and Dubious Breath (Finishing Line Press)

In this splendid new collection, David Landon mines quotidian experience for its luminous gists, finding them as he conjures Montaigne late one night in a corner of the Piggly Wiggly parking lot in Monteagle, TN, or recalls a moment of in-flight pizzaz approaching Idlewild. These are poems in which the trials of life, the inevitable disabilities of advancing age, are met with a joyful exuberance. The gentle war is the war against entropy and despair, fought with love, hope, and gratitude. This is a book which discharges and inspires gratitude.

–Charles Martin, author of The Khayyam Suite (Johns Hopkins, 2025)

With clarity and formal grace, Some Moments In a Gentle War traces the contours of a life richly experienced. David Landon’s voice is frank, erudite, and threaded with surprising tenderness as he reflects on the passage of time and honors “the art of day to day.” These are poems to celebrate and cherish.

–Caki Wilkinson, author of The Survival Expo

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Scanners

SCANNERS (1981, Criterion Channel, Max, Hulu) was the first David Cronenberg film I saw (at a late-night screening in The University of the South in Sewanee, TN). I would wager the print airing on streaming services now is much better than the one I saw there. Initially, I was not impressed, and it took his SHIVERS (1975) and THE BROOD (1979) to turn me into a fan. Watching it again, I could appreciate the visuals, but still found some of the plot problematic. And there’s no increase in print quality that could improve the performances of leads Stephen Lack and Jennifer O’Neill.

The film opens with a well shot sequence in which a homeless man (Lack) cadges a meal off abandoned tables in a food court. When two women comment negatively on his presence, he stares at one and, through a series of facial gyrations, triggers a seizure before he’s apprehended by two security men who take him to a remote institute. In the next scene, the film’s most famous, a telepath identifying himself as a “Scanner” performs a demonstration at a prominent military company. He asks for a volunteer to scan, but the subject (Michael Ironside) turns on him, causing his head to explode. From there, the company’s chief researcher (Patrick McGoohan) recruits Lack to track down Ironside, a former patient bent on using his powers for global domination.

The script meanders a lot, possibly because it wasn’t finished when Cronenberg went into production. Lack’s hunt for Ironside plays like a mystery, but with a trail of clues even the viewer may have trouble following. The scanners’ powers develop at the script’s convenience, eventually encompassing telepathy, telekinesis, pyrokinesis and the ability to interface with computers. And the final twist doesn’t make for much of an ending. It seems more a clever idea than a logical conclusion.

The work by a scanner artist (created by Montreal sculptor Tom Coulter) is a visual highlight, as is the sculptor’s studio, complete with a lounging area inside a large plaster head. His attack by Ironside’s minions is the film’s best action sequence. Cronenberg knows how to cut for maximum effect. He also makes good use of locations, contrasting the white sterility of the corporation’s headquarters with the rough-hewn look of McGoohan’s laboratory. Lack is pretty and commits well to the role’s physicality. But his line readings are hollow. There’s no there there. And when he meets up with fellow scanner O’Neill, who has the same acting problems, it’s basically two times nothing. McGoohan is good until he’s saddled with an internal monolog, a device that pops up out of nowhere late in the film and makes little sense. And poor Ironside, one of the screen’s best villains, is stuck playing his big scene opposite Lack, who doesn’t exactly give him a lot to work against. It’s like watching a classic car run repeatedly into a brick wall.

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Morgan’s Steep to Sewanee Memorial Cross - Sewanee, TN

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Restaurant Burns in Monteagle

The Dixie Lee Diner in Monteagle, TN burned on Wednesday afternoon. The restaurant suffered heavy damage. The eatery under its current ownership had only been open for 5 years. The owners say they assess the damage and decide what’s next for the Dixie Lee Diner. Monteagle Fire and Police were assisted at the scene by the Sewanee Volunteer Fire Department. Fire Rehab Services from Jasper, TN…

[shosch]

people always talk about the ‘golden hour’ but with the trees and the angle of the house and the altitude and the winter it’s more like a golden minute here.

[househunting]

$895,000/4 br/1600 sq ft

Sewanee, TN built in 2020

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Oh yeah I was gonna ask any central TN followers for cool, relatively COVID safe stuff to do in the Tracy City/Sewanee/Chattanooga area. Any cool record stores, chill restaurants or breweries with outdoor seating, stuff to do outside, etc. Nothing crowded obviously. And yes I wear a mask when speaking to my server, using the restroom etc. I also get tested twice a week by my job so I’m one of the safer people to be around.

We’re going to hit up Firey Gizzard and other outdoorsy places for sure, and spend time in the house we rented. But it’d be nice to take a day trip or two since the concert in The Caverns we were gonna go to got postponed till next year.

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"Freshman Robert Steiner scrubbing floors at S. A. E. house after pledging. Pledges do all the housework for fraternities at the University of the South." (Sewanee, TN, 1940) [1003x1200] Check this blog!

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Day 2

Alabama, Tennessee.  

North on highway 69 from Tuscaloosa. Past lush green trees and bright red dirt. Past several turtles, 2 dogs, a coyote, and a fox. Over the broad Tennessee River. Past Princess Theater and Lucifer Liquor. Past the National Cornbread festival in South Pittsburg, TN. Heavy rain near the state line. Tennessee. A change in weather brings a change of route. North to Sewanee to stay with friends. 

268 miles.

[travelinglowcarb]

If you're ever in or passing through Sewanee, TN @thesewaneeinn is a beautiful place to stop for dinner. Be sure to catch the sunset after dinner at The Cross just down the road. 🌞💕 (at The Sewanee Inn) https://www.instagram.com/lowcarbtraveler/p/ByP9wmsl5fn/?igshid=23gcw5ew14kc

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NEVER ANY CLOUDS 14 Trees. Shadow. Fog. Sewanee, TN. December, 2007. Palladium-platinum print on vellum from 11×14 negative. by Pradip Malde

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Monday Fire on South Pittsburg Mountain

Photo provided On Monday, at approximately 9:50 am, the South Pittsburg Mountain Volunteer Fire Department responded to Frank Bolton Rd for a structure fire with two units and five firemen. We also requested Sewanee TN Volunteer Fire Department for mutual aid, and Marion County Constable Stacy Hickman also responded for traffic safety. Sewanee Fire responded with an engine and six…

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old well but new rope. near an old homestead in Sewanee.