It's one of those perfect, clear nights in Asheville. Not a cloud in the sky. From my ridgetop, facing north, a million stars above call my name. Here in the venerable mountains, almost as old as time itself, tonight I am thinking that it actually is easy to connect with something much
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09/20/2006
Because I am in Asheville,North Carolina and so many people want to be here, a particular interest to me in my real estate practice is providing good information to my relocating clients.From time to time, families new to the area, tell me they really miss the sense of belonging and family ties t
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09/20/2006
When she was a young woman, my grandmother chose a teaching assignment in a pioneer's program off the coast of Cuba. Over a hundred years ago, this brave soul left Florida to travel by freighter to the Isles of Pines. There she joined a group of twenty or so Michigan families and native islanders
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09/18/2006
I have a steady real estate practice. For some reason, I keep attracting dog lovers. Maybe that’s because I am a dog lover myself. I hop in the car with families and their poodles, beagles, hounds and mutts. I take dog biscuits with me to my listing appointments. I carry dog goodies in my glov
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09/16/2006
. DOGS are wonderful beings. Each day it seems I learn something new from my canine companions. For instance, on our morning walk down our rural road today. Each time I breathed in the cool almost-Autumn air, there seemed to be a certain freshness. Each familiar boulder, newly covered with dew,
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09/15/2006
Connor came home from school the other day talking about “smart growth.” Barb, his Mom, a new client of ours thought he was talking about how fast he was growing. Maybe her contribution to his "smart growth" should be to buy his shoes a size too big. But Connor straightened her out right away. C
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09/14/2006
UPDATE: June, 2007 This was one of my very first posts. I almost deleted it back a few months ago because it is so "syrupy"..(is that a word?)..but I'm glad I didn't because someone might READ ....and even comment. ..one day.***REALTORS get it! We know that change is a constant..possibly even
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09/13/2006
This is the time of year that folks from all around the USA head for the mountains and LEAF SEASON! For those of you who have discovered the colors and splendor and are interested in a few interesting facts about the lands I love, (and where I am an ECO certified REALTOR, )here is some informatio
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09/12/2006
Quality of Life. Sustainable Communities. "High-Performance" Homes and ECO-Friendly Living. For those of us who have come home to North Carolina, exhaling the "fumes" from zooming, full-tilt, down life’s highway while forfeiting a more natural, “earthly” pace, this Appalachian wonder, where you c
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09/12/2006
SEPTEMBER 11th 2006Today a number of REALTORS here in the Greater Asheville area are holding a place for change with compassion as Father Mychal Judge, chaplain to the NYC Firefighters asked when he gave the memorial sermon for the first World Trade Center bombing in 1995. He offered this... "..
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09/11/2006
