People Who LOVE Asheville Don’t Even Know It Nearly Got Destroyed

A couple of weeks ago, I visited Washington, DC to attend a writing conference. I arrived early for sign in, … More

You Can Still Make Small Western North Carolina Towns Your Personality

I tried my hardest not to remain my cynical self in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene. I tried to … More

Last summer, I stopped writing here at Asheville Explorer because I got unexpectedly laid off (unexpectedly laid off might sound … More

Not Hot Summer Part 1: Leg Gone If you’re one of the dozens—Fine!…less—regular readers, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that I’ve broken … More

These were collected between January and May of 2024. As always, I will try and mostly fail, to give you … More

One of my New Year’s Resolutions was to get less annoyed by people. I’m of the belief that, in general, … More

During Covid, my cousin Mikey lived in Asheville Air BnBs for two months. During his tenure here, we typically ended … More

There’s a town in the Philadelphia suburbs called Exton that my brother and I always use as a placeholder for … More

Between the ages of 18-21, I used to run out of gas all the time. I was young and dumb … More

I remember the first time I hiked the Lover’s Leap Hike in Hot Springs—which follows part of the Appalachian Trail—for … More