Real Help in Real Time
How to Be a Living Organ Donor Hendersonville resident Heather Ledbetter would be thankful for your help, and she needs it soon. She’s in…
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Card Catalog 2020
Homebound reading by the numbers The pandemic lockdown has been vexing to any number of businesses and service providers, but has been uniquely challenging…
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Leaving the Log Cabin Far Behind
Abstract quilter prefers to work in solitude One day nearly 45 years ago, Lynne Harrill decided to make a quilt. It was during a…
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New Catharsis, New Classroom
Online poetry workshop stresses form and feeling This has been a year for lockdown-inspired introspection, and now there’s an opportunity to turn those inner…
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The School of Hardwood Knocks
Sculptor went around the world to come home When Brevard artist Scott Kentner arrived in East Tennessee, at the age of seven, a new…
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You Can’t Stop Shuffleboard
Hendersonville hosts annual tournament with new restrictions We may still be acclimating to a world of social distancing, face masks, and restricted activities, but…
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Legacy in Caramel
Marilyn Pryor Horne’s stall at Hendersonville’s historic Curb Market has been a magnet of comfort and nostalgia. There are the cakes, for one thing, in all their iced and layered glory. Seasonal, fresh-picked berries from the farm add color to the display, and hand-sewn pillows and bonnets hint at a lifestyle far removed from the turmoils of the wider world.
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Night and Day, Sun and Moon
Elizabeth McAfee would prefer not to be known as “the rabbit lady” or “the cat lady,” even though her art has prominently featured those animals for many years. “Now I may be moving into ‘possum lady’ status,” jokes the artist, referring to her recent string of paintings that pay homage to America’s only marsupial.
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The Bowl and the Backpack
A parable of giving plays out in Flat Rock The urge to fill an empty bowl is nearly irresistible, and what better to fill…
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Keeping Track of the Past
Saluda’s unique railroad history is recounted by those who lived it Garland Goodwin remembers many personal details about trains, back when boarding one was…
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