One City, Two Shows: A Study In Contrasts
It happened in Asheville, but it could just as easily have been near you.
This past weekend two long-standing shows came to town: the indoor 64th annual Asheville Antiques Fair and the outdoor 38th Village Art and Craft Fair. I attended each,…
“I’d Rather Be a Hammer Than a Nail….”
I spent most of my weekend doing two things: building an addition to my barn and stewing over an email a friend sent me last Friday.
The barn addition was easy. When I moved here ten years ago I found a good-sized, three-sided, metal roof building…
What Was the Best Arts & Crafts year – Ever?
Yes, it is a question no one has ever asked me, but that doesn’t matter - I have an answer ready anyway.
Would it be 1901, when Gustav Stickley really got rolling? Perhaps 1910? Or much later? Possibly 1972 and the landmark Princeton Exhibition?…
Stretching Your Muscles – And Your Mind
“There is nothing better for the inside of a man,” Elbert Hubbard once wrote, “than the outside of a horse.”
I have a horse and I must agree with Mr. Hubbard, who often took his guests at the Roycroft Inn on rides around his property.…
Having a Drink – With Gus
It was a steamy, sultry day in New York City, the kind of day when you want to slip into a cool, wood-paneled bar and sip a cold beer in a frosted glass with an old friend.
Instead, I found myself standing over a smelly subway grate at the…
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