What a lovely day, all around. We walked the two blocks of Main Street in Saluda, shared wonderful conversation and a meal with the very engaging Scott Derks and Hank Stallworth, enjoyed the stroll up to Pearson’s Falls, and popped over to Tryon to see the...
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Botanical Gardens sounds too manicured and fancy! This is a lovely, wooded park that is free and open to the public. Very chill. I don’t want to misrepresent myself as actually knowing much about wildflowers. My nature-loving Daddy-o helped me caption these!!...
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It was SO INCREDIBLY DELIGHTFUL to celebrate Passover at the Asheville Jewish Community Center’s weekly Musical Tot Shabbat. My friend Penny White, who I met when she was singing and playing guitar when *I* was a kid, has made a career out of the transformative power...
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You know how people often haven’t seen the attractions near their own homes? I have had family in Western North Carolina all of my life and had never been to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We had to remedy that! This National Park has the dubious honor of...
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Even though I grew up in the two Carolinas, I haven’t lived here since I left to go to college. I have come to visit consistently, but had still seen relatively little of my home state as an adult. This trip up to Boone and back was a start! Linville Caverns...
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“Spring is springing down here, y’all! As is my southern accent.” – Me on March 1st Daffodils and purple crocuses! Kwanzan Flowering Cherry! Lenten Roses! Red Maple! Yellow...
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