Green and Growing (and Growing and Growing)
It smothers hillsides throughout the South, turning telephone poles into spooky green smokestacks straight out of a vintage horror movie. It’s immune to herbicides,…
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2017 Solar Eclipse Information Session
Hendersonville is in the 99-percent viewable range for the Great American Eclipse on August 21 — an epically historic event not seen in populated…
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Bright Spot
It’s not easy to get a white buffalo born on your bison farm — and once you have one, it’s even harder to safely…
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Security Measure
The newest way to calm pre-flight jitters isn’t dabbing on essential oil or assuming the Shavasana pose in the TSA lane. It’s Grace — an…
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When the Sun and the Moon Align
According to legend, a solar eclipse happens because a dragon swallows the sun. However, not even ancient monsters could devour the cosmic serendipity that…
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A Small Universe
The word “bog” may conjure up an insalubrious patch of muddy, mosquito-ridden terrain, but to photographer Michael Oppenheim, it is a small universe of…
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Chilling Behind the Scenes
An event as large and long as Hendersonville’s annual Apple Festival takes some mighty coordination. Among the challenges is simply the time of year…
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Re-embracing the Vine that Ate the South
Edith Edwards, aka the Kudzu Queen, deep-fried her first kudzu leaf on August 22, 1981. Decades later, she still remembers dipping the fronds in cold tempura batter and then…
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Off the Rails
If you’re going to have a Train History Day, it’s helpful to have an intact relic on your property, and the Cradle of Forestry…
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Once More, With Sun
Vintage Hendo had a rough go of it earlier in the spring, when a series of wash-through thunderstorm toppled tents, putting a quick end…
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Banner Day
Last fall, Bold Life ran a story about Blue Ridge Honor Flight’s mission to take Korean War veterans to the memorial in Washington D.C.,…
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Bats Belong in Transylvania County
Being leery of bats in 2017 just isn’t smooth. Depending on which region they’re inhabiting, they pollinate all your favorite fruits and drinks (mango,…
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