Homes and gardens — and the top 6 books to fill them
When looking for your next good book to read, you might not think about books on homes and gardens. Sure, if you are going to re-decorate your house or do new landscaping in your yard, you might look for books to help you with that. But a book about houses and gardens for pleasure reading?
Finding ‘home’ in routines
When it comes to creating a beautiful and peaceful home, rituals can help create a sense of stability in the midst of a mobile life. Instead of identifying “home” as a place, I’ve …
Stroke rehab road to recovery
How one man’s survival story demonstrates the importance of awareness and time when having a stroke
A field of dreams: Alpha Jones’ work with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers’ Segra Stadium is an award-winning beauty
A visitor to Segra Stadium in downtown Fayetteville will note a lot of things. The seats, for example, or the big yellow poles down each baseline. Everything inside the walls — the infield, the …
Home-based to storefront: The Pink Petunia blossoms on Morganton Road with home decor, gifts and more
History and charm define many of the stops along the thoroughfare to downtown Fayetteville. Churches with unique architecture and ornate details. A theater whose old-school marquee calls out to …
Alley Garden Project: Capitol Encore Academy teacher beautifies downtown Fayetteville, cultivates passion for planting in students
Most people see an alley as a pathway to get from one place to another. Or a dead end that leads nowhere. A place that is stark, with little beauty, atmosphere, and personality. But Aikeem Leigh saw …
Country elegance: A visit to Ralph and Linda Huff’s 350-acre Big Valley Ranch
Ralph and Linda Huff’s 350-acre ranch features a 4,000-square-foot main house with four bedrooms and guest quarters. The property sits midway between Ralph and Linda’s childhood farms and a mile from …
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If my walls could talk
Do you ever wonder if your walls can talk? If they could, what would they say? Would they praise you for your decorating style, for selecting colors and patterns that make them beautiful? Would they …
Lyman Baum, ‘The Book of Failure,’ and a prairie disaster
Decimated by tornados in 1879, the town of Irving was the inspiration for Lyman Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.”
