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"It is a beautiful book with gorgeous color pictures. Text boxes detailing a particular subject such as rhododendrons or Daniel Boone are sprinkled throughout. But why did they have to use black text on a dark purple background for these boxes? They are so difficult to read. Except for that shortcoming, this book is meant to be used, not to be left on the bookshelf. I take my copy wherever I think I am going to be on the Parkway. As for the answers to the questions above? Check pages 120, 129 and 108, respectively." I couldn't agree more...  |
I am a little late posting this…Congrats to all of the finalists…But starting tomorrow you can view the finalists live at the Turchin Center For The Visual Arts on the campus of Appalachian State University. The exhibition will run from March 5th at 7pm thru June 5th. The judges reviewed over 1100 images, a record-setting total [...] From the Web… “If a fellow farms hard enough to make something out of it, it’s got to be the hardest work a man’s ever done.” — Lloyd Rigsby Acclaimed photographer and author Tim Barnwell grew up observing the traditional ways of rural farm families in western North Carolina. Church dinners-on-the grounds, country stores and mule-drawn plows [...] There is nothing that brings out the kid in all of us like a good story… Grandmother sat in her favorite rocking chair on the porch peeling apples. Surrounding her were grandchildren listening as she told family stories passed down for generations. During the winter months, grandfather would sit next to the stove smoking his pipe [...] Located in the Newfound Mountains northwest of Asheville, a short drive south of Hot Springs, Max Patch is the southern most bald on the Appalachian [...] |
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