The Roots Run Deep
It’s not everyday that a nationally-recognized cultural exhibit comes to a small town, so when Lee Morgan, the librarian at the Landrum branch of…
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50 Shades of Love
Everyone loves a happy ending, none more so than the half-dozen or so women who meet monthly at Malaprop’s in Asheville to discuss their…
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The Dreamer
One day, when the Asheville-area artist Rowan Farrell was hanging some of her enigmatic work for an exhibition, a bystander approached. “What kind of…
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Building Hendersonville: Erle Stillwell’s Legacy
You may not be familiar with the name Erle Stillwell, but if you’ve spent any time in downtown Hendersonville, you know him well. Stillwell…
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In the World of Serpents
When Rick Cary was in graduate school in Tennessee some years ago, a friend told him of the strange deaths of two young ministers…
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Chihuacolypse Now
You may have forgotten, during your holiday revels in December, that the world was supposed to end in 2011. You might recall that The…
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Musicke Antiqua
Among the many pleasures of the holiday season is the musical bounty it brings. From traditional carols to seasonal pop standards, music provides the…
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Smartphones and Funny Little Films
The world continues to shrink, not only passing before us ever more colorfully and rapidly on computer and television screens, but appearing regularly on…
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Life by Design
We live by design. This is not a philosophical statement, but a literal one. Virtually everything with which we come in contact during our…
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A Postmodern Romance
If the purpose of art, as John Cheever once observed, is to impose order on chaos, Taiyo La Paix may have been saved by…
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