Paper Work
One generation’s trash can be another’s treasure, a happy circumstance for the sub-genre of the collecting world concerned with ephemera, those fragile historical and…
Malibu Dreams
Shortly after Tommy Tolles retired from professional golf in 2005, a friend who was moving away from the Hendersonville area, where Tommy’s lived for…
Family Portrait
The career of the Tryon-based painter Margaret Curtis can be divided into two halves, separated by the major life change that came with the…
Last Picture Show
Even if you’ve heard of Scanimation, it’s not likely you’ve ever seen an actual Scanimate or know how it works. And that’s OK, because…
Harvesting a Hobby
When Steve and Judi Levinson come to Hendersonville from Florida for the summer, the mountains promise more for them than cool breezes and sweeping…
Time Traveler
Sometime during 1977, Georg Pilz decided he wanted a grandfather clock. It might have had something to do with his childhood in Regensburg, the…
Grand Design
When Bruce Hatfield was growing up in rural Texas 60-odd years ago, the nearest town was seven dusty miles away, with a total population…
Song Of The South
When the British-born painter Julyan Davis was growing up in London, two creative streams—one visual, one literary—began carrying him toward a transatlantic crossing and…
Many Irons in the Fire
To golfers of a certain age, the game’s history is as much a part of its appeal as the bright green of a fairway…
The Life of Wiley
A hundred years ago, as America was just beginning its love affair with the automobile, William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson thought they had…