Little Journeys

A Questionable Fall Project: Part Two

  Two weeks ago, I wrote about my latest project:  building a flagstone and concrete patio in the small backyard of our house at Lake Lure. Twenty-five years ago, I first planted grass there, but it did not do well, so I replaced it with…

Auction Story

  A funny thing happened at an auction last Friday. Nothing. We are all familiar with what antique auctions used to be:  a combination of an educational experience and an enjoyable social event subtly disguising a range of hidden emotions…

A Questionable Fall Project

  Fall, it seems, always seems to bring with it a sense of urgency, an accounting of which of our spring and summer projects actually made it to completion. As content as I might temporarily have been with what I did get done in those…

A Practicing Optimist

  Like all of you, I have felt a growing frustration with the steady rise in Covid-19 cases being reported across the country. Last spring it looked like we were on a clear path to a live 35th National Arts and Crafts Conference at the…

Doing Tile Research

  My column last week touched upon a tile installation in the 1924 Battery Park Hotel here in Asheville. Pharmaceutical manufacturer Edwin Wiley Grove (1850-1927) had purchased the first Battery Park Hotel (1886-1923), before tearing it…

Two Hotels, One Shared Name

  Last Thursday was book delivery day for me, which I always enjoy, as it gives me an excuse to get off the farm and dip back into Asheville for a few hours. After dropping off books at the Grove Park Inn, I parked between the 1924 Battery…

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