Earlier this year, I did a TikTok about one of my Knoxville real estate listings being “dangerously close” to the Cruze Farm flagship out in Strawberry Plains. I went full Dateline spoof—dramatic music, ominous voiceover, the works—warning potential buyers about the lethal proximity to Tennessee’s best ice cream. “The House That Came Too Close!” ThatContinue reading “Principles of Real Estate and … Ice cream!”
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Mothers Day Musing: Folding Clothes???
I was just thinking about the effects my mother has had on me through the years. One of the good effects has always been an obsession with nicely folded clothes. There are many ways that I have gone my own way, putting things away in a tidy manner didn’t stick, my “man room” is constantlyContinue reading “Mothers Day Musing: Folding Clothes???”
Staging and the family portrait #blogboost
It’s one of those things every agent talks about – when getting your house ready, one of things you need to do is ditch the family photowall. I can see both sides of this argument – on the one hand its easier for buyers to picture themselves there if your happy mugs aren’t everywhere. OnContinue reading “Staging and the family portrait #blogboost”
Genealogy: Finding My Own Knoxville History
My family is wonderful. I would do anything in my power for my parents, in-laws and myriad cousins, aunts, uncles and extended others. I grew up in Benton, TN down on the TN/GA border. My maternal grandfather actually preached at a church called TennGa Baptist. As I was getting out of high school and feelingContinue reading “Genealogy: Finding My Own Knoxville History”
Bugs, the Children of Israel and my Grandmaw
Since I was a kid running around in my grandmother’s back yard with muddy shoes and a fertile imagination, I have had a fascination with those husks of the Cicadas that seems to grow on her scaly-bark oak trees. I remember when she showed me the bugs in their different forms and her telling meContinue reading “Bugs, the Children of Israel and my Grandmaw”
Meatfeat!
My pal Pete is a personal hero. I think it has to do with his crunch outer coating (he pretends to be a curmugeon in the mold of George Jefferson or Archie Bunker – either without the racism) but he is also a wunderkind with audio engineering and one of the most positive, up-lifting peopleContinue reading “Meatfeat!”