My walks into town these last few mornings have been especially pleasant and I give credit for that to the change of seasons. Mornings in the 40s and highs in the 60s. My kinda weather. Oh … and another change of seasons … this one theatrical: Centre Stage has chosen its 2010-11 lineup of shows. […]
This afternoon I’ll drive to Tryon to visit with my friend Peter. We’ll grill the ribeyes I marinated overnight in terryaki sauce and we’ll talk. It feels strange that so much time has passed since our last cookout and stranger still not to be planning to spend the night in his basement bedroom, but flood […]
Inventorying my parents’ estate a few years ago, I was disappointed to discover how far they’d strayed from the eclectic interior decorating aesthetic of my childhood. I’d grown up with shoji screens and hammered brass and Danish modern furniture and virtually all of it was gone. Gone and replaced. With resin gnomes. With Thomas Kinkade […]
