Little Journeys

A History Lesson

by Bruce Johnson   History, as we all know, has a remarkable way of repeating itself, prompting writer George Santayana to warn, “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.”   I was still decorating my apartment…

Grove Park Inn Rooms: Want Yours For the 2020 Conference?

  When F. Scott Fitzgerald strolled into the Grove Park Inn on May 16, 1935, he made a special request:  he wanted two rooms on the fourth floor overlooking the front entrance. One room was to be his bedroom for much of the next two years.…

Remodeling Project: Final Phase

by Bruce Johnson   When we met with a designer this past summer, I explained to her that Leigh Ann and I had previously done most of our own remodeling work: dirty demolition, building walls, hanging drywall, painting ceilings, installing…

Remodeling Project Part Six: One For the Record Books

  Asheville hasn’t received this much attention since the total eclipse of the sun in August of 2017. This time it was snow, not total darkness, that captured the media’s focus. To someone who grew up in Illinois mowing yards in…

Front Porch Discoveries

by Bruce Johnson The following article has been re-published. Original date of publication: December 7th, 2014. A couple of lifetimes ago, at the tender age of 27, I left a secure career in education to start my own business, Knock On Wood:…

Writers and Truck Drivers

by Bruce Johnson   When he found out that I am a writer, one of the sheetrockers working on our remodeling project asked, “Do you know Donna Burton? She’s a writer, too.” The truth is most writers don’t know many other writers,…

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