At the end of every winter, I always get antsy for the warmer weather and sunshine that spring promises. I like to use this time in between the seasons to think about the changes I want to make in my life and home. The home can be a reflection of the mind, and if our […]
This continues our series about starting to build in the High Country. Here is Part One, if you need a refresher. So you want to build… now what? I wish we had such a thing as a “model home” up here, but we don’t. There is no precedent for what is happening in our market […]
Why build new construction? There are 2195 pieces of raw land available in Watauga, Ashe, and Avery counties at the time of this posting. 236 pieces of raw land have sold in the last 180 days. There are 967 single family homes and 250 Condos/Townhomes actively on the market. In the last 180 days, 754 […]
Old habits die hard. In my case, they just never get around to dying at all. See, one of my worst habits is procrastination. I was given a poster in college called “The Procrastinator’s Creed” and I wasted no time whatsoever giving it prominent display in my dorm room. It made me laugh, and still […]
The of and to a in is I that it for you was with on as have but be they. Right? You may be scratching your head, searching for meaning in a sentence that seriously resists meaning altogether. Relax. It’s (almost) nonsense. But the meaning is there. As it turns out, these are the twenty […]
I’ve always harbored a deep fascination with language. Both the use of it and the very nature of it. To think that we can expel a stream of breath, interrupted and shaped by our throats and lips, and that the resultant thing we call “speech” somehow conveys meaning! And never mind the extremely high-speed mentation […]
Some years back, in my former life as a retail manager, I spent a beautiful spring week in sunny Los Angeles at a trade show. I suppose it was beautiful…the vast majority of my time was spent on the floor of the convention center, and at the end of it all, the attendees were all […]
I hate morning. Like, hate it. I see why people love to get up early. It’s quieter, they can have a relaxed breakfast and then take care of business. Waking up in the morning is the most unnatural feeling to me. I imagine it’s a similar to the feeling babies have when they are born. […]
North Carolina is full of fall festivals and fun events! Here is a list of events from Charlotte to the High Country. Click links for additional information and please let us know if you have any favorites! Charlotte Area Downtown Hickory Art Crawl Hickory September 21 Pennzoil AutoFair Concord September 21 – 24 The Sails […]
8 million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean every year. No wonder the ocean is giving us the middle finger (aka hurricanes) right now. The amount of resources it takes to produce and deliver each bottle is astounding, fossil fuels are used to create the plastic and transport them to stores. Only one […]
