It's HALLOWEEN...and so a Haunting tale is appropriate. JOAN WHITEBOOK, one of our faves at Active Rain shares this one..."...I guess that I should tell you that this house may have a ghost....." she recounts. And you will be surprised at this trick or treat.... Victorian for Sale (with ghosts)
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10/31/2009
Not long ago, Tom Rioux came to talk with us about PAINT. No ordinary paint, mind you. This is elegant paint and no wonder. Tom is an elegant person. I am not saying this because he dresses in Armani , which he does not. I am saying this because he is a class act. And I am saying he is a class a
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10/27/2009
Q and I went for a stroll on this partly sunny October day. It is close to Halloween and we were ready for a treat, which is just what we found at the Three Dog Bakery in downtown Asheville. As we entered the store we were greeted with a cheerful hello and the enticing aroma of dog cookies baki
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10/26/2009
warm socks at first frost I love the prospect of warm socks at first frostand the soldier-like look of them in neat rowsas they line up before menext to the French-milled soapsin the second dresser drawerwhere they have bunkered since the daffodils bloomed. A colorful assemblage, theyin vibran
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10/26/2009
October Sunday Morning - Peace in Our Asheville Valley
10/25/2009
What is Behind Customer Demand for Energy Efficient Homes? That's what a seasoned builder here in Asheville wanted to know. "The local Green Building Council says that HealthyBuilt Homes® are leading the way in the built environment," he said. "What would make me want to build them?" That
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10/22/2009
Cracking the Green Building Codes. There's a trend in building these days. The trend is toward designing, constructing and operating healthy-built "green" buildings. Such buildings reduce the negative impact on natural surroundings and benefit those who work or live there by providing them with a
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10/18/2009
I had the pleasure of sitting down with John Myers and Jane Lawson the developers of the Hickory Nut Forest GREEN/conservation community near Asheville, NC not long ago. We talked about what it takes to create such a community- their philosophy and how they designed and developed the land. Here i
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10/14/2009
DEBE MAXWELLhas a point here. Folks selling their homes today are more concerned than ever when it comes to analyzing and settling on their asking price. She asks, " When you're searching online at night for homes in the [Asheville, NC area] what price points do you use in your own search?" If yo
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10/14/2009
Asheville, North Carolina, October, 2009 Eco-Friendly News and Views from "GREEN-O-Lina" Some people relocate to the Asheville area just so that they can hike in exciting places like Craggy Gardens, or Mt. Mitchell. But once they find a place on the land to call Home,create, then build an
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10/08/2009
