Clarksville Living Magazine — August 2021

The August 2021 issue of Clarksville Living Magazine weighs the case for weight-loss surgery, celebrates a music store that has served the city for thirty years, and slices into summer's favorite melon.

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“The Skinny on Weight-Loss Surgery” takes a clear-eyed look at a subject many approach with hesitation. Surgery not only helps shed pounds, the feature explains, but also delivers real health benefits — a meaningful alternative for the many people who have spent years cycling through fad diets only to end up back where they started.

“The Sound of (Mary's) Music” is a love letter to a local landmark. If you're a musician in Clarksville-Montgomery County, the feature notes, you've probably spent time in Mary's Music — a store that has served the community for almost thirty years, and not just by selling drums and guitars but by anchoring a whole local music scene.

The food pages have fun with watermelon — slice it, dice it, cube it, juice it — a versatile celebration of the season's signature fruit, while “Vintage Clarksville: The L&N Railroad” traces the rail line that helped build the city.

“Red River Clay” spotlights the local ceramics studio and the community of makers around it, and “Pet Corner: The Dog Days of Summer” offers seasonal guidance for keeping pets safe and comfortable through the hottest stretch of the year.

The issue ranges from a serious health decision to a beloved music store to a summer melon, holding practical medicine, local history and everyday delight together in one late-summer number.

Across its pages the issue holds serious health decisions, beloved local institutions and lighthearted seasonal fun side by side — a music store thirty years in the making, a watermelon sliced a dozen ways, a railroad that built the city, and a ceramics studio full of makers. It is a characteristically balanced late-summer number, equal parts useful and warm.

Table of Contents

• The Skinny On Weight Loss Surgery (p. 6)
• Watermelon: Slice It. Dice It Cube It. Juice It (p. 8)
• Vintage Clarksville: The L&N Railroad (p. 12)
• Red River Clay (p. 15)
• The Sound Of (Mary'S) Music (p. 16)
• Pet Corner: The Dog Day S Of Summer (p. 18)

Regular departments

• Calendar Of Events (p. 20)
• Network (p. 28)