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Wear & Tear
I’ve got so many things going on right now my head is spinning. I will be very, very grateful when my home base is finalized, so that I’ll at least have one still point in the midst of all this...
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Rust Grid
What do you get when you go below the rust belt? The rust grid. (Get your mind out of the gutter, people. This is a drain pipe.) This brick wall looks as if the red Carolina clay has soaked right in....
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Needless
The building is derelict. They’re talking about razing the structure and replacing it with a spiffy new hotel and retail space. Yet there’s this ineffectual little lock on a door that can’t possibly...
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Lexington St. Textures
Yummy urban surfaces and gorgeous weathered colors in downtown Asheville. A Year Ago: Diminuendo I find myself cautiously optimistic… [read more]
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Kick The Tire
Do it: KICK THE TIRE. Try before you buy. Don’t buy a pig in a poke. Take a taste test. Go for a spin. See if it suits. Sometimes it can’t be done, and then you have to make a choice based on research...
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The Last Loop
The signs of age seem universal: speckles, fissures, blotches. The varieties of mar are countless. One thing that can redeem those scars, that can restore the full measure of dignity to the object...
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RAD Stairwell
The weather was quite uncooperative for David & Lynn’s visit, but that didn’t stop me from having a wonderful time. I hope they enjoyed visiting half as much as I delighted in being able to offer...
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Opening: Closed
Perhaps I’m more easily discouraged than others. Momentum is everything for me. If I can get up a head of steam, I can get anything done and make anything work. But if I run into a long enough stream...
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In This Corner
It’s perfectly natural to pay attention to things that you care about. If you care about your lover, you pay attention to him or her. If you care about justice, you pay attention to the way it is...
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Graffiti Corner
I love alleyways. I love the behind-the-sceneness of them. Their furtive air, where secrets are enacted out in the open. They are the private life of the urban street. Take sensible precautions, but...
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