ABOUT HILLS & HAMLETS

Hills & Hamlets mixes bright, insightful and humorous writers, discerning photographers and innovative artists who are drawn from a rich talent pool around rural Middle Tennessee.

Every issue a collection of articles is offered about the area’s culture and art, events and entertainment, personalities, history and narrative to inform, surprise and amuse our readers.

Our purpose is to provide recognition and support—through print and digital media—of the culture and arts found in contemporary small towns and rural communities in Middle Tennessee.

Our content encourages the preservation of the simplicity and history found in these areas, the tourism necessary to sustain them, and the artists and artisans that are attracted to them.

Ideas? Questions? Please let us know!

Publisher and Editor
Catherine Anderson

Editor At Large
Susan Bro

Publisher's Assistant
Jane Rigsby

Accounts and Distribution

Art Director
Shea Williams

Ad Design
Sara Goodman • George Daily

Illustration
The Eye

Web Design
Bernie Chiaravalle

Our Contributors

Renee Armand’s abiding passion for her farm and rural culture are the inspirations for “Our Place.” A singer/songwriter, Armand also deals in rare and out of print books and ephemera.

Marty Bell, PhD., is a professor, preacher, singer/songwriter and shares his delightful, wise reminders and insights through “The Wayfaring Stranger.” He teaches at Nashville’s Belmont University and ministers to three Methodist churches in rural Williamson County: Green's Chapel, Garrison, and Greenbrier.

Ana Christensen is a singer/songwriter, writer/photographer who lives in Williamson County's College Grove area. Born in the United States, she grew up in Australia and Papua, New Guinea.

Wayne Christeson is a sometime writer and a longtime resident of Leiper’s Fork.

Anne Goetze is an artist and photographer who specializes in rural landscapes and portrait subjects.

Many times Mimi Johnston has generously revealed the personality of a music artist in her interview for “Face the Music.” The award-winning writer and composer is the founder of Puckett’s After Hours, the Music in the Fork concert series and Mi2 Productions.

Larry Kane is a trained chef from Boston, Massachusetts who shares his knowledge of food with Hills & Hamlets readers in “Good Food.” As a Nashville restaurant manager he won the 2001 Wine Spectator Award of Excellence; he is now found at the McKay's Mill Publix in Franklin, Tennessee.

Robin Lockwood is a Master Herbalist, Plant Spirit Medicine practitioner and Cherokee Weather Worker who lives in the southwest section of Williamson County. She is well known for her Hills & Hamlets columns “Robin’s Remedies” and "From the Hammock."

Williamson County resident Stuart Moore lives in the northwest area of Williamson County and is a landscaper, writer and advocate for planet-friendly lifestyles.

Collaborators and native Nashvillians, Rick Smith is a professional photographer who taught at Columbia College Chicago before returning to Tennessee in 2010. Dawn Hopkins is a writer who currently lectures at Belmont University. The two combine their talents in their upcoming book The Nashville Songwriter.

Sherry Paige is an equestrian, writer, producer, musician and the owner of PenPoint Productions.

Sherlene Spicer shares her travels in remote and nearby areas in “Adventures of a Nature Guide” through her writing and photography. She has traveled the world photographing plants and birds and has worked as a guide for the Cumberland-Harpeth Audubon Society for over 15 years.