Conaway: Time to get away is close by
Dale Sanders takes a lap in his canoe on his lake Oct. 13, 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
Getting away from it all is all around us, and — if only for a morning in the woods or an afternoon or day on the water, or in a peaceful moment of reflection — we need but see it.
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