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How meditation saved my life
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Nature isn’t artificial
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Neural network- the body’s energy highway
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The Fairy Tree - Chapter 2
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To my dear friends, Becca and Will, Noelle and Nick.
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How a tiny girl taught me to believe in Fairies
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Parable of The Fairy Tree
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Christy Cox October 1-3, 2023
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“The Falls at Sewanee Creek has been crowned the #1 best Hipcamp to visit in Tennessee in 2023! Based on your 2022 bookings, reviews, and ratings, you've done an incredible job providing Hipcampers with a great experience.”
creation
Everybody loves to create. Only a blessed few know how to create with steel. I love to connect people’s creative drive with some easy-to-learn welding skills. First, we go to my metal scrap pile, a collection of car parts, tanks, stainless utensils, pipes, sheet metal, washers, bearings, saw blades,
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We enjoy all of our guests. Some leave us deeply moved, our hearts filled with joy and a sense of purpose. They create heartwarming, shared memories and friendships that will last forever. The Miller family (not related) are guests and friends like that,
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It’s been months since I posted to this blog. While most businesses have suffered since the outset of Covid, the Falls at Sewanee Creek is booming. Guests are finding it’s a perfect place to breath fresh air, safely distanced and inspired by nature.
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Observing exponential growth of panic over the past few weeks. Some silly (stockpiling toilet paper) some not so silly - just reasonable, measured caution.
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Located at the top of fifty foot Miller’s Falls and with a view from the back deck of the Falls and magnificent cascades below, This ”epic” glamping experience is now available at the Falls at Sewanee Creek. Our first guests stayed over the weekend. Come join us to experience the serenity of nature
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We don’t get a lot of snow on the South Cumberland Plateau, but when we do, it’s amazing. This past weekend, we got about four inches. We enjoyed an off-road ride on our Polaris Ranger to a hidden wonder with guests Marc and Heather Raymond. They are hyper-fit (iron-man) outdoor enthusiasts, so we r
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Here’s a heads up. I’m almost done with my next addition to the Falls at Sewanee Creek. It’s a completely new section dedicated to primitive camping and glamping.
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Guests and prospective guests often inquire about water sports opportunities nearby. We offer sailing adventure and lessons on our Hobie 18 catamaran at nearby Woods Reservoir where we are members of a local sailing club. One of our guests joined us for a day of sailing just last Saturday.
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Our most recent guests, Scott and Stephanie, helped me see beauty I hadn’t appreciated nearly enough before. Both, accomplished mycologists, they pointed out beautiful mushrooms throughout the forest.
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What is it about waterfalls that is so universally appealing? I looked up that question on the web and found many compelling answers.
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Tiny living requires intentional discipline.
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If you are following this blog, you’ve probably noticed a new series. We have a constant stream of interesting and inspiring people who stay with us in our cabins. One of my gifts is curiosity, an appetite for listening.
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Most guests come to the mountain to get away, unwind and enjoy solitude in nature. Yesterday morning, I had the great pleasure of spending several hours with Kathy and CL over breakfast on the deck of the container cabin.
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There is a hunger in the land for authenticity.
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I moved into the beach treehouse a few nights ago. Guess you could call it an extended beta test.
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This week marked the first time guests stayed at the Beech Treehouse cabin. It was a family affair, not yet offered for tree house rentals, but soon. Our nephew, Dan, his wife and baby stayed two nights. We enjoyed a gut-busting breakfast of bacon, eggs and grits and dinner for eight on the deck. Th
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Our Cabins are a creative outlet for me - an art project so to speak. And so are things that go with them. Recently I finished welding up a Rocket Stove.
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The most attractive thing about the “The Beech” or our other Cabins is not the house. Shhhh, it’s a secret!
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A technical purist might argue that this is not a treehouse. It is anchored to a couple of smaller trees (an oak and a maple) that pierce it’s curved roof. But it does not rest in the top of the main tree it takes its name from. It is firmly anchored to the earth on many posts. I am not inspired by
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The half Satellite Dish has curves on two planes, horizontal and vertical. One of those curves needed to be followed through the upper body, working extremities of the house (the kitchen and loft) to the torso (the covered deck). My nephew, David Petersen is a gifted architect. I must credit David
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There’s an old saying ... something about the best laid plans of mice and men. That seems to fit especially well for tree house plans. Planning, or “imagineering“, as it's called at Disney, is fun. Then you start to build. New ideas intrude. Plans change and morph. Especially if the project is treat
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I began planning to build a treehouse in 0ctober 2017. The first phase was selecting the location. It took months even though I knew the general location needed to be on the bluff above Miller’s Falls. I wanted it to feature all things creative and natural.
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My first site choice for Hamlin and the future treehouse was a space nestled between two giant hemlock trees. I took lots of time to consider the site. One concern was for the wooly edelgid infestation that is devastating Hemlocks in the South. A visit from my local extension services forestry exper