Deere Me!
Bobby Barnes always felt there was something missing while he was growing up on his father’s 70-acre farm in Mills River, not far from…
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Apple Lore – Reminiscing About Apple Fests of the Past
The names roll off the tongue like poetry — Starkcrimson, Vance Red Sport, Double Red Rome, Early June. They’re the names of varieties of…
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Tour Du Jour
Tourists crowding the streets, purple buses careening down Haywood, groups of helmeted people on motorized scooters jetting through the city. Welcome to summertime in…
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Real World: Suburban Cowboy
Loudspeakers are pumping. Stools are filling up and cigarette smoke swirls around the bar at Sporty’s in Greenville, SC. A large-framed man grins as…
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Passing The Buck
I’m sitting in Asheville’s Grove Arcade, talking to Kevin Innes and planning to do something that at least some government officials have said is…
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