A Fine Balance
Scott Winter is what you call “intense,” a good quality for a man who commutes 100 miles every day to various local gyms and…
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Setting the Record Straight
Mary Louise Bailey remembers when the big attraction in downtown Hendersonville was an embalmed, four-legged chicken on display at Shepherd’s Undertaking Parlor. It was…
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Play Ball
The arrival of spring gladdens the hearts of gardeners and golfers, hikers and horse lovers, fishermen and free spirits. But few rejoice as jubilantly…
Read MoreA Bridge Too Far
“Two clubs.” “Two hearts.” “Four spades.” You and your partner are in deep concentration, desperately trying to earn more masterpoints. This is either going…
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Swimming with Sharks
When 17-year-old Hendersonville High School senior Michael Ramer was deciding what to do for his senior project, he wanted to do something, well…a little…
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Getting By With A Little Help From Our Friends
The Roman philosopher Cicero once remarked that “the shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.” In Henderson County, residents have apparently passed that…
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Wild Thing
If Steve O’Neil had been around a few million years ago, we probably could have saved the dinosaurs. O’Neil is a self-educated naturalist and…
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From Vespas to Harleys, Larry Harding’s Worked With Them All
Larry Harding is the quintessential gear head…and he can prove it. “I’ve had a wrench in my hands since I was big enough…
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Don’t Postpone Joy
Laurey Masterton weaves her motto, “don’t postpone joy,” deeply into her life.Owner of Laurey’s Catering,Masterton is an ovarian cancer survivor, and conscious of just…
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Send in the Clown
Shep Shepard is holding up a pair of battered hands, the fingers of which point in several different directions. Both index fingers are bent…
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