The Write Time
Last November, the North Carolina Writers Network celebrated its 30th anniversary with a three-day conference in Asheville. With around 1,400 members, the NCWN is…
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
British “songcatcher” Cecil Sharp, traveling in WNC a century ago, called Madison County the “richest repository of English folk songs in the world.” Beginning…
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Winter Buzz
Beekeeping is a form of hobby homesteading that raises the bar. Not that canning can’t be dangerous — all that boiling water under pressure….
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Foothills Poetics
It’s not unusual for college halls, education centers, or civic buildings to be named after famous writers. But it is, ironically, an uncommon practice…
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The Write Stuff
The world moves fast, and traditionalists are apt to grump about what gets lost in the blitzkrieg of our technology-dependent, multitasking, cram-everything-in-right-now modern lives….
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Downward Cat
In WNC, dogs get most of the luck and the love when it comes to hanging out in places traditionally meant only for humans….
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To the Point
There’s something brutishly appealing about hammering out one’s own knife or sword from scratch — you might imagine you’re a character on Game of…
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Terrarium Workshop
Creating one’s own terrarium is a way to feel connected with the outdoors in the bleak midwinter. “Even for the most botanically inept, terrariums…
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Making Good
Garnering almost unanimous critical acclaim, the new Star Wars blockbuster, The Force Awakens, has been thawing out countless geek-avoidant moviegoers — the unconverted who…
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The First Dot Com
Opening up the gift of intellectual communication to sight-impaired people everywhere, 19th-century French musician/educator Louis Braille, blinded in a childhood accident, was only a…
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