Diversions

A Well Laid Table

A Well Laid Table

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Minton, Moser and Meissen. “It sounds like a law firm,” says Ron Lambe of Asheville, but it’s actually the triumvirate of Lambe’s impressive china…

A Racy Ride

A Racy Ride

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Grady Hawkins is a Dodge man, always has been and probably always will be. His driveway is dominated by a 2009 Charger (with the…

Paper Work

Paper Work

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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…

Vintage Flavor

Vintage Flavor

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The ladies of the High Point Junior League were no slouches when it came to entertaining. Their 1974 spiral-bound cookbook Furniture City Feasts, which…

Malibu Dreams

Malibu Dreams

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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…

Tiny Tins

Tiny Tins

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The craft ethos of the mid 1960s to early ’70s was cultural light years before the Martha Stewart school of perfection. Macramé owls were…

Last Picture Show

Last Picture Show

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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…

Riding in Circles

Riding in Circles

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Hoyt and Gail Griffith grabbed the brass ring years ago, and for them, the merry-go-round will never stop. Their house in Mills River is…

The House that Quilts Built

The House that Quilts Built

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One thing is for sure: this is no down-home granny, quilting in her rocker on the front porch. And despite having a name fit…

Harvesting a Hobby

Harvesting a Hobby

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When Steve and Judi Levinson come to Hendersonville from Florida for the summer, the mountains promise more for them than cool breezes and sweeping…