Mountain History in a Bottle
byIn one of Bill Watterson’s better-known Calvin and Hobbes comic strips, the anthropomorphic tiger approaches his human counterpart in the midst of digging a…
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Estate of Mind
byThe owners of this future English Country home have shown their Texan inclination for living large. For one thing, they wanted lots of chimneys….
Have Rock — Will Travel
byWriter/historian doesn’t need to leave home to take a musical journey By: Brendan Blowers Bill Kopp gets music in the mail almost every…
Framework for Fast Times
byRetired race-car driver keeps busy with nine acres in Hendersonville Sissy Owen knows fast cars. She doesn’t always know movie stars. The Hendersonville resident has…
A Toast to Travel
byRetired journalist displays shot glasses from around the world The history of the shot glass is murky, but one popular origin story says a small…
Enduring as an I-Beam
byExploring the home life of intercontinental trailblazers Jennifer Pharr Davis doesn’t say that “she” broke the Appalachian Trail’s thru-hike speed record in 2011. She says…
A Deck for Every Decision
byCulinary entrepreneur thanks the cards for success Fourteen-year-old Jesse Roque didn’t know the future when she found a deck of tarot cards in an under-construction…
The Daughter of Invention
byMichelle Moog-Koussa gives local flavor to an international legacy Michelle Moog-Koussa didn’t know much about her famous father’s legacy until Robert Moog, inventor of…
Hunt, Peck, Keep
bySean Trapp haunts Brevard’s thrift shops looking for the lost treasures of his trade. With his sister, Leigh, Trapp is the third-generation owner of…
A Matter of Taste
byMackensy Lunsford is not a traditional restaurant critic, and she’s not even particularly picky. She’ll try almost anything — “except I’d prefer not to…