http://www.theleafchronicle.com en-us Copyright 2012, theleafchronicle SaxoTech Online Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Sat, 19 May 2012 11:22:27 -0500 15 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120518/LIFESTYLE/305160040/1024 In the southern reaches of Montgomery County in a town appropriately called Southside, seemingly endless stories wait to be uncovered by those interested enough to find them. Fri, 18 May 2012 13:40:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120518/LIFESTYLE/305160040/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160037/1024 Are you ready to jam? The alley is waiting. Mile Bryant takes the stage 7 p.m. Friday, May 18 for the opener of the fifth season of Jammin' in the Alley. Wed, 16 May 2012 22:30:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160037/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160038/1024 Fans of "The Walking Dead" television series on AMC know that even though the show is about a zombie Armageddon, the show itself is more about the characters than the zombies. Wed, 16 May 2012 19:34:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160038/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160036/1024 Dear Readers, I returned from a yoga retreat last weekend longing to bring that vacation feeling home with me. I hatched a plan to build a wooden yoga platform in the woods beside my house. Wed, 16 May 2012 19:28:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160036/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160035/1024 Casey Harris 6:30 p.m. and Rooted Wings 10 p.m. Friday, May 18, Oneal's Bar and Grill, 1979 Madison St., 802-5577. Mike Bryant, 7 p.m. Friday, May 18, Jammin' in the Alley, Strawberry Alley, 645-7476. Wed, 16 May 2012 19:14:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160035/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160005/1024 If you think it's hard getting kids to eat their vegetables, wait until you try recruiting them for garden work. But the challenge is worth it: Children just might add more healthy foods to their diet if they've grown them themselves. Mon, 14 May 2012 19:30:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160005/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160004/1024 It's time to think beyond the bear bottle. Because honey comes in way more forms than just plastic squirt bottles. My favorite? Honey in the comb, pure and simple. And yes, the comb is totally safe to eat. Mon, 14 May 2012 19:28:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160004/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160003/1024 The long, hot summer is almost upon us. And as of May 23, it's going to seem a lot longer for parents of kids in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System. Mon, 14 May 2012 19:22:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160003/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160002/1024 As I continue choking my way through the assortment of boxed "healthy" frozen dinners in my freezer, something kept dinging in the back of my mind like the annoying "beep beep beep" of the microwave ordering you back into the kitchen. Mon, 14 May 2012 19:22:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160002/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160001/1024 As many a pregnant woman knows, life changes by degrees once that little stick gives you your longed-for answer. Mon, 14 May 2012 19:04:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120516/LIFESTYLE/305160001/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130011/1024 Sons and daughters opened their hearts in nominating their mothers to be The Leaf-Chronicle's Mother of the Year. A few appreciative husbands chimed in, too. Sat, 12 May 2012 10:42:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130011/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130013/1024 An FBI trainee ends up over her head when she helps investigate a congressional sex scandal in "Silenced" (St. Martin's Press), the latest in the Lucy Kincaid series by Allison Brennan. Sat, 12 May 2012 10:41:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130013/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130012/1024 Roland Deschain, son of Steven, the last gunslinger of Gilead, is back. Do ya ken it? If those lines make no sense to you, there's very little reason to read Stephen King's "The Wind Through the Keyhole" (Scribner). Sat, 12 May 2012 10:41:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130012/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130007/1024 New arrivals this week at the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library, 350 Pageant Lane. "The Art Of Confession: Renewing Yourself Through The Practice Of Honesty," by Wilkes, Paul Fri, 11 May 2012 17:19:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130007/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130006/1024 Even small children know that clovers have three leaves. But lurking among those thatches of green are rare finds: clovers possessing four leaves. Shirley Stokes always found the four-leaf clovers. Some might chalk that up to sheer luck. Fri, 11 May 2012 13:38:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130006/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130005/1024 There's something not quite right about the photos. They seem to picture a house, but the weave on the curtains looks too big and the wallpaper print seems slightly too whimsical. And that is because these are not photos of a house, but of a dollhouse. Fri, 11 May 2012 13:28:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130005/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130004/1024 An hour ago, I kissed my 19-month-old son goodbye. Then I hugged my husband and cried. I got in the car and put on my seatbelt. Went back inside... Turned on the car. Went back inside... The final time that I "forgot" something, I walked out of the house Fri, 11 May 2012 13:12:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130004/1024 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130003/1024 Happy Mother's Day! I envision you (the mothers reading this) lying comfortably in bed, eating the breakfast which was lovingly prepared for you, reading your favorite (wink, wink) Sunday column! The more likely reality is that you've been up for hours, c Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00:00 -0500 http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120513/LIFESTYLE/305130003/1024