In our crazy times, many issues are on our minds and it is difficult to know who is really going to stand up for us. On a local and very personal level, no issue is more important than our children and their success. We know that education must be valued before it matters and students … Read more
Get out for Halloween: The holiday makes us want to get outdoors—perhaps so we won’t be trapped inside with any malevolent spirits. With that in mind, consider one event that gets you in motion, too (and ready to bike or run your way out of any nightmarish trouble). Asheville on Bikes presents the Pumpkin Pedaller—a … Read more
So there I am at a friend’s birthday party. I’d biked there, as it was within my two-mile rule: “If it’s within two miles of my nearly downtown home, the weather is fine and I have no kids to haul, then I should ride my bike.” To be clear, I’ve been riding my bike in … Read more
See you in the spring: Alas, this week’s feature article, “Do Not Disturb,” marks the season’s end for our gardening section, The Dirt. Till next March, we’ll put it out to pasture or—as author Cinthia Milner would have it—let it go dormant and hang our “Do not disturb” sign. In my own garden, I’ve hastened … Read more
Cornerhouse: The casual eatery adjoining downtown Asheville’s S&W Steakhouse has shifted its focus from customers who wake up early to those who get off early, scrapping its breakfast menu for a pub-grub lineup aimed at the after-work crowd. Cornerhouse Café recently reinvented itself as Cornerhouse Music, Food and Spirits, with the music starting at 5:30 … Read more
I’m nestled here in Twin Oaks, my cozy, sunny 1920 vintage residence in the Albemarle Park Historic District off Charlotte Street. It’s a special kind of Shangri-la designed by architect Richard Sharp Smith for Edwin Wiley Grove, some seven years after the completion of the Grove Park Inn, and some four years before Smith passed … Read more
What is wrong with Bubba? Nothing. Many associate the name Bubba with the South, and while it is true that only Southerners have the courage to allow themselves to be called by the name, many Yankees mimic the Bubba character—which is a compliment to his independence. As I ride the back roads of North Carolina, … Read more
The animal-euthanasia letter from Terri David [“Vote for the Animals,” Sept. 24] does not tell the whole story. I trust Ms. David was not politically motivated to distort the real facts, which may be verified by going to the Department of Agriculture (Veterinary Division) Web site, www.ncagr.gov/vet, and selecting “Rules Review Commission approves euthanasia rules … Read more
I am a union member and I am politically active. Now, you probably already have pictures of the stereotypical card-carrying union thug, but this could not be further from the truth. I belong to a union because the people I work for are bullies, and unlike my neighbors, I have both the opportunity and ability … Read more
I have just completed several weeks of offering my liberal and conservative friends a deal: I would send Dr. Carl Mumpower $20 if they would give me $5 to send to his campaign. While the majority said they will vote for him, only two saw the importance of his message. The majority were so turned … Read more
