Looking Forward to the Grove Park Inn
Leigh Ann and I live on a small farm seven miles southeast of Asheville, where I spend a part of many afternoons wrestling with Mother Nature over who gets control of how much of our steep hillsides and thicket-encrusted creek banks. We love…
An Audience of One
As a writer, I am often asked to do two things that I invariably regret.
Appear at a book signing, and give a talk.
Three decades ago I was living in Iowa City and running Knock On Wood Antique Repair and Restoration when my first book by…
Racing Father Time – To Waffle House
My latest little journey was just 400 meters long, but it took me nearly 500 miles to start it.
About this time last year I became very aware of the fact that in 2015 I was going to turn sixty-five, which I have since done without a trip…
One Foot in the Past
I have often said that William Morris, when he established Morris & Company, kept one foot firmly planted in the Victorian style, just in case this new Arts and Crafts thing didn't quite pan out as he had hoped.
Turned out he didn’t…
A $300 Masterpiece
After getting lucky last week in Cincinnati and literally stumbling upon this Grant Wood satiric oil painting "Daughters of Revolution" in the city's art museum, I made my way north to Chicago.
No luck was involved with this next planned…
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ArtsandCraftsCollector.com is a website dedicated to exploring the works, artisans, historical origins and the contemporary revival of the American Arts & Crafts Movement. The historic movement started as a response to the country’s Industrial Revolution and encouraged simple design paying tribute to the natural world over the intricate design of the Victorian era.