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by Max Hammonds, MD – “Everyone knows that our soils are more and more depleted.” “The food that we grow is no longer nutritious. Either we must build up our soils or we must add supplements to our diet to make up for this nutritional deficiency.” Is this true? HowContinue Reading

by James Cassara – There are musicians who play traditional music – set in a style that peaked long before they were born – and there are those who live such music, whose very essence is born of a sound and style that predates them. Duluth, Minnesota native Charlie ParrContinue Reading

by Bill Walz “Your life’s journey has an outer purpose and an inner purpose. The outer purpose is to arrive at your goal or destination, to accomplish what you set out to do, to achieve this or that… the journey’s inner purpose… has nothing to do with where you areContinue Reading

My journey began in the ancient, forested mountains of western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Little did my parents know that when they took me to Oconoluftee River for a Sunday afternoon picnic or camping among the bears in Cades Cove they were establishing my careerContinue Reading

North Carolina Stage Company (NC Stage) and Asheville Community Theatre (ACT) are excited to announce a co-production of Amadeus opening Wednesday, March 11, 2015. In 18th century Vienna, music is the currency of power. And Court Composer Antonio Salieri is the toast of the town. That is, until a youngContinue Reading

by Max Hammonds, MD We are told by our mothers that eating too many cookies is bad for you and that eating nasty-tasting cooked spinach is good for you. And we make the connection: “Everything that tastes good is bad for you and everything that tastes bad is good forContinue Reading

It is in the forests and mountains that the artist finds inspiration for his artwork and his faith. “To truly understand the subject of your art, you must immerse yourself in it fully. And so he does—living in Waynesville, near the Blue Ridge parkway and the Great Smokey Mountains NationalContinue Reading

by Bill Walz – “It was as if I had been born that instant, brand new… there existed only the Now… It took me no time at all to notice that this nothing, this hole where a head should have been, was no ordinary vacancy, no mere nothing. On theContinue Reading