Little Journeys

An Aging Giant

  When you have fifteen acres of farmland in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it means you have trees.   Lots of them.   I grew up in Illinois where we had six trees in our yard, every one of which we climbed, tried…

Celebrating An Arts and Crafts Transformation: A Preview of Craftsman Live and the Craftsman Gala

by Kate Nixon This article has been updated to include the link to the online catalog of the Craftsman Gala Silent Auction.   This week in lieu of one of Bruce's Little Journeys, we decided to give our space to highlight a pair of virtual…

Arts and Crafts Garden Therapy: Part Two

  Anytime someone suggests that you build a retaining wall out of wood, politely smile, nod once, turn -- and run. Trust me, I have constructed retaining walls short and tall from creosoted railroad ties, pressure-treated wood, landscape…

The Certainty of Uncertainty

by Bruce Johnson   As you well know, we were fortunate to have been able to celebrate the 33rd National Arts and Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn last February, just before the Covid-19 pandemic changed all of our lives. Nevertheless,…

Arts and Crafts Therapy

    Elbert Hubbard once advised: “Work your grief into art -- and it is gone.”   I modified it into my own motto: “Work your frustration into a project -- and it is gone.”   Like yourself, the Covid-19 restrictions…

Searching For Solutions

  For the past 33 years, the National Arts and Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn has been a major part of my life. My oldest son was born just three months after the inaugural Arts and Crafts Conference, and my youngest the month…

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