Little Journeys

Gala Season

  In our rather sedate lifestyle here on our small farm outside Asheville, attending two black-tie galas within three weeks of each other is not a typical occurrence. More often, as I am getting into the car or my truck, Leigh Ann looks…

Media Matters

  One of the topics for discussion that is always taking place here in the office revolves around the ever-changing face of the media, as we have always depended on it to spread the word of our National Arts and Crafts Conference held…

Overbeck Pottery: One Talented Family

  Sometimes the most fascinating little journeys don’t even require a plane ticket or a set of car keys. I took one this morning that didn’t even require me getting out of my chair or closing my laptop. I have been working most mornings…

When In Doubt, Add a Corbel

  Rest assured, this will be my final column on our deck roof, Leigh Ann’s three new flower gardens, and the granite flagstone path we added to front of our 1972 ranch house. In truth, I thought our project was done last week when I…

Fitzgerald and Friends

  One of the serendipitous discoveries I made thirty-some years ago, when I was writing my first book on the 1913 Grove Park Inn, was that author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his schizophrenic wife Zelda had stayed at the Arts and Crafts resort…

12 Tips for DIY Roof Building

  As you may recall from an earlier column, once I had completed the excavation and preparation of the new planting beds in front of our house, I turned the plant selection over to Leigh Ann and got out of her way. I turned my attention…

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