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How to Save a Dying Art in Asheville

When is a dying art not a dying art?  When two craftsmen adopt the ancient ways, start a museum to preserve them and open a school to teach the ancient ways to others.  Welcome to Silver River Center for Chair… Continue Reading →

Catawba Meadows Park in North Carolina: Archeology You Can Touch

Morganton, North Carolina is about one hour east of Asheville.  We had a whirlwind visit there that lasted just a couple of days.  During my time in this small town, I found a couple of great places to visit that… Continue Reading →

Brit Oie – An Asheville Artist Creating Mountain Experiences You Can Take Home

Really good art makes me sigh.  One hand will flutter up to my chest and I will release a little sigh and smile with joy.   This is how I know that I have connected with a piece of art.   I… Continue Reading →

Eating Local in Asheville

Sometimes when we have been driving or flying for a long time, and we are tired, we fall to the familiar and find a fast-food restaurant.  I confess that now.  I think that most travelers would agree, though, that half… Continue Reading →

A New Hotel Experience in North Carolina

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Nostalgia for A Summer Spent in Hendersonville, North Carolina

In my admittedly overactive imagination, there has always been a threshold in my life.  There was a crossing over between the “childhood me” and the “adult me.”  Maybe other people also have an era that is frozen in time for… Continue Reading →

A Greenville, South Carolina Wrap-Up

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When Travel Plans (and Life) Change

I am not a person who likes change.  I prefer routine and settling in and it is my preference that my life not be in flux if at all possible.  Obviously, that is the most significant thing about becoming HomeFree. … Continue Reading →

Introducing Greenville: Downtown Walking Tours

Greenville, South Carolina’s status as a hot tourism commodity probably isn’t new to many people.  The city of 68,000 has gotten a ton of national buzz in the last few years.  It was once a textile hub and in recent… Continue Reading →

Creative Cooking without a Kitchen

As we travel around the Southeastern U.S., we typically stay in one city (or a general area) for one week.  We try to be relatively frugal with our lifestyle, whether we are traveling or not.  This means that for the… Continue Reading →

Introducing Augusta: Sacred Heart Cultural Center

“Jesus’s disciples were fishermen.  Fishermen are often told that if their boat capsizes in a storm the safest place to be is underneath, in the protection of the hull.”  As she finished, her eyes rolled slowly Heavenward to the gray-green… Continue Reading →

A Twilight Zone Day

Have you ever had a day, whether traveling or not, when odd things just kept happening?  I had a day like that recently.  I believe it would be appropriate to file this specific day under the category of “when travel… Continue Reading →

A Charleston/Beaufort Wrap-Up

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Ex Libris, Libertas

Roughly translated, this phrase means “From Books, Freedom.”  In our house, this is a mantra.  My husband tells all the significant young people in his life to get a library card.  His constant refrain is that the whole world can… Continue Reading →

A Myrtle Beach Wrap-Up

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