Actually, it was Jan, my assistant, who has been on vacation these past few weeks, so rather than working on the 31st National Arts and Crafts Conference -- which will be taking place February 16-18 -- I did the next best thing.
I built Leigh…
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If you have followed many of my columns, you know of the close connection I have with the Grove Park Inn. In addition to hosting the annual National Arts and Crafts Conference at the 1913 resort, I also wrote its first official history, Built…
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It’s been a quiet week here on the farm, as I have continued working on my workshop reorganization and trying to keep up with the mowing, a strangely rewarding task in that it does not require any mental agility or extreme physical exertion,…
Among other things, Leigh Ann and I share a two-car garage. Not equally, I must admit, but I have come to recognize that the magnificent flower gardens which surround our house require a large number of tools, as well as workbench space for…
I first got word of Paul Duchscherer’s passing as I was standing in front of an antiques shop south of Indianapolis last week. Like so many of you, I had come to know Paul through the annual Arts and Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn,…
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Mention Asheville and invariably either one of two names will come up: the 1895 Biltmore Estate or the 1913 Grove Park Inn. While the Biltmore House represents the opulence of the late Victorian age at its finest, and the Grove Park Inn stands…
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