Little Journeys

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…

An Update on Gardens

  One problem with building a virtual online soapbox from which you can spout your opinions on just about any subject is that you can give people the impression you are an expert. Such was the case when a homeowner called me last week…

A Time for Projects

  When the time comes that we can look back over this season of self-confinement, it may well be known as The Project Period. As proof, garden centers, hardware stores, and craft shops have shelves that look like the paper goods aisle…

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