Little Journeys

The Thomas Wolfe Home

Here in Asheville we have, as many cities do, a few notable house museums. Our most famous – that being the 1895 Biltmore House, which George Vanderbilt built and which is still maintained and operated by his descendants – attracts more…

A Basement Transformation

  Being an eternal optimist, in 2002 I bought a 1972 split-level ranch house atop a wooded knoll with panoramic, sunset views of towering Mt. Pisgah and the misty Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. “I can improve the house,” I…

February is Coming!

It hardly seems possible that we are already at the mid-point of 2018. Last February’s National Arts and Crafts Conference is still fresh in my mind, but now that next February’s conference at the Omni Grove Park Inn here in Asheville is…

A Stickley Celebration 23 Years in the Making

The restoration of the Gustav Stickley House in Syracuse, NY has just gotten one step closer to becoming a reality. Phase One of the restoration of the Gustav Stickley House – the historic exterior - is wrapping up and the Gustav Stickley…

A Flood Retrospective

When it started raining two weeks ago, I glibly commented, “Rain is easier to handle than a drought.” Now I’m not so sure. Here in western North Carolina we just experienced an unusual double whammy:  an Atlantic Ocean front that rolled…

A Day of Three Ironies

My son Eric was home for a week, so we decided to make a return trip to downtown Asheville’s historic house museum honoring Thomas Wolfe, author of Look Homeward, Angel (1929). The late Victorian home had also served as a boarding house run…

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