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The Spirit of Small Town Pride

By Amanda Haggard | June 17, 2026

Franklin Pride Celebrates Six Years at the Farm

Hoboscopes: June 17, 2026

Mr. Mysterio is not a licensed astrologer, a trained group photographer, or a professional driver on a closed course.

“ … We Need Roses, Too.”

My Uncle Harry is 81 years old this year. He is vital and funny and very technically oriented. He had a great life as a software and hardware engineer in computers.

Q&A with Stephen Watts

Stephen Watts, 29, is a young Millennial with a Gen Z sensibility. Watts has an intersectional view of how his generation works in social justice and advocacy.

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Time Without Housing Is Harm: Why Nashville Needs a Real Homelessness System

Open Table Nashville raises over $20,000 in one-mile walk fundraiser

By Justin Wagner | May 1, 2024

The magnitude of that travel over time — and the toll it takes on our homeless community — is exactly what Open Table Nashville hoped to convey this March.

Report says babies and young children most affected by microplastics

By Amanda Haggard | April 24, 2024

Babies and children are the most vulnerable to microplastics in the environment, according to a report from EARTHDAY.ORG.

My heart rainsDroplets free fallPing off each empty chamberMy voice lost inside the parched valley of my mouthWater has come only to my eyesHuge mountains live in my throatMy arms a continuous two way roil of graniteDynamited to dust, choking out the world

Note: Some people ask, what is it like to suffer from depression? It is like that, only we struggle to find our way out of the grief. Thanks to The Contributor staff, volunteers and my patrons, I find my voice and begin to feel love and connection again.