Little Journeys

Learning the Anatomy of Furniture

  Life can often bring you full circle.   After five years standing at the front of a high school classroom, I left teaching to write the Great American Novel. But at age 27 I found that when it came to life, I didn’t know squat.…

A Grant Wood Little Journey

  Some of my most memorable little journeys did not require a full tank of gas or Google maps, but instead took place right here in my office. Some started as phone conversations with friends; others took place inside one of the research…

Rites of Passage

  It’s become a rite of passage. Figuratively and literally.     Four years ago, when my oldest son Eric received his PhD in chemistry from the University of Utah, I flew out to Salt Lake City, rented a U-Haul truck and…

Jordan-Volpe Comes to Asheville

This article has been republished. Original date of publication: March 26th, 2017. Bruce is out of town this week, so we're bringing you a Little Journeys from the archives. Bruce remembers the time he found an endtable at Brunk Auctions with…

The Paper Chase

This Little Journeys article is a republished article. Original date of publication: September 10th, 2012.     I keep a motto here in my office that reads: The historian wants more documents than he can really use; the novelist wants…

The Forgotten Brother

    Publisher Peter Copeland of the Parchment Press was correct when he wrote, “If Gustav Stickley was considered ‘the forgotten rebel,’ surely Charles Stickley is ‘the forgotten brother.’” Born in 1860, four years after…

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