Building a Mystery
When Kathryn Pritchett met Pavel Gulov in the Monumental Art School at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University in Moscow, she spoke no Russian, and “zank…
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No Worriessssss….
It’s not everywhere you can find a two-headed corn snake, or an albino eastern hognose snake or an Ethiopian mountain viper. That may be…
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Land of the Night Sky
Forget holiday light shows for a moment – the tacky kind, the high-design kind, and all kinds in between – and consider the December…
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Trash Challenge
Sometimes trash talk is a good thing, if it leads to a cleaner planet. Toy engineers at the LEGO company helped design the innovative…
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Inclined to Adrenaline
If rappelling 210 feet down Chimney Rock isn’t adventurous enough, try doing it in a Santa suit. “I can’t see much below the belly,…
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O Kitschmas Tree
Thanks to the “new homesteading” craze, cutting down one’s own tree and stringing it with hand-sewn garlands of cranberries and popcorn is the thing…
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Slow Burn: VW Bus Lovers Are Passionately Loyal to Their Rides
“You miss having a bus so bad you do crazy things,” Tom Cates says. Indeed. His beloved Volkswagen bus is currently parked not in…
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Dog Day Afternoon
Many couples these days first connect online, but Baby “Dot” Todd and Ford O’Brien met the old-fashioned way: Their mothers introduced them. The chemistry…
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Habitat for Humanity Contest Winner Drinks to Invention
“Some days the project is done,” says recycling artist Wayne Ruth. “But then other days… maybe not.” A long-time volunteer at the Asheville Area…
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Shear Madness
“Sheep do not like to be sheared,” Ben Hearne admits. But for a Master Shearer, a herd of reluctant 200-pound animals is just a…
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