It’s the Art – And It’s US! by Greg Vineyard Even though small businesses in our fair city are open year-round – including a plethora of independent artists – with the change in the weather from Spring-ish to Summer-ish comes an increase in events throughout the Asheville area. We’re likeContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Who we are is the moment arising in awareness.” ~ Eckhart Tolle I have a very unconventional and life-changing perspective to share with you. We can certainly all agree that we are persons. I’m a person, you are a person, all who read this are persons. And,Continue Reading
by Max Hammonds, MD If you have had cancer – sounds like a bad way to begin a positive and helpful suggestion for a healthful lifestyle. The truth is: if you have had cancer, you are like everyone who has had some life-changing health problem – a heart attack, aContinue Reading
by Peter Loewer Storekeep, Cityfella, Mrs. Storekeep, and the Curmudgeon were standing around looking at the new poster display for the local newspaper out of Asheville and wondering about the future of newspapers, the US Mail, and civility in general when a Tourist walked in and, we suspect, thought heContinue Reading
by James Cassara This has been an abundant month of music, especially in the independent realm of Kickstarter funded projects. It’s also been a particularly fruitful one, with some remarkably good discs emerging from bands with whom I was largely unfamiliar. Thus, the comments will be kept brief so asContinue Reading
by Bill Walz “Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the “I Am” that is deeper than name and form.” ~ Eckhart Tolle One of the first insights gained in meditation is that we live inside a cacophony of distracting mental noise.Continue Reading
Is One Where One Would Like to Be? by Greg Vineyard One of the tough questions on our creative journeys – besides “How do food replicators on Star Trek ACTUALLY WORK??” – is, simply: “Where am I going?” Not always easy to answer, is it? Some sources suggest looking toContinue Reading
by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Poetry Editor/Columnist What an outrageous spring! I find myself walking around waving at mountains quoting e.e. cummings, “i thank you, god, for most this amazing day/for the leaping greenly spirit of trees,/ and a the blue true dream of sky,” and so on. IContinue Reading
by James Cassara Not as much music as usual but what is there is choice. Be sure to support our local record stores while digging the music that matters. Billy Bragg Tooth and Nail Cooking Vinyl Records For all his leftist leanings, none of which he has ever tried toContinue Reading
