Diversions

Time Traveler

Time Traveler

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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

Grand Design

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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…

Many Irons in the Fire

Many Irons in the Fire

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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…

Best Not in Show

Best Not in Show

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Lean and avid, arrayed in snug scenester threads, Franzi Charen and Kip Veno don’t look like regulars on the classic-car circuit. And they’re not….

The Life of Wiley

The Life of Wiley

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A hundred years ago, as America was just beginning its love affair with the automobile, William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson thought they had…

The Loving Cup

The Loving Cup

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Even by big-city standards, Patti Glazer is a busy woman. A designer and renovator, for the past 30 years, of some of Asheville’s most…