Big news here in Edgy land. This is my final Edgy Mama column. I’m traveling a new career path, one that other Ashevillians have taken, though I’ll be the first female to dip my big toe into the vat o’ hops. No joke.
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Move over, mommy. It’s dad’s turn.
A typical day in the life of Matt Buys includes driving, cooking, laundry, cleaning, volunteer work at an elementary school, and when the weather’s bad, indoor soccer games with his four kids. Stay-at-home dad Michael Queeney with his kids, Annie, 8, and Ricky, 7, at Chimney Rock Park after a hike. Photo special to Mountain […]
Edgy Mama: Are you a Mata Hari parent or a sunshine parent?
I’ve been talking to other parents about how they keep up with what their kids are doing online and elsewhere. And I’ve been thinking about issues like trust and responsibility and the dangers posed by the interconnected, information-rich world most of us live in.
A document of love
Nishima Kaplan‘s business began with a wedding gift she made for friends in 1998. Today, ArtKetubah enables Kaplan to support her family while making couples happy worldwide. Ancient tradition meets modern art: A design for a “ketubah” (Jewish marriage certificate) by Nishima Kaplan, who creates them in her West Asheville home for clients far and […]
To the moon and beyond
How many manufacturers can say their products have been to the moon? That question may be hard to answer, but it seems a fair bet that AB Emblem is the only Weaverville-based company that can make that claim. Ready to fly: Judy Baldwin sews a NASA mission logo patch while astronaut Jerry Ross looks on […]
Mr. Potter goes to Tanzania
For most of us, updating computers and setting up a network would be plenty daunting, but it becomes doubly complex when the power goes out several times a day, sometimes for hours at a stretch. Reconnected to the world: IMA World Health staffer Suzanne Chimaliro in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where Dean Potter of Potter […]
Functional art for the world
Well-crafted art that you can eat with might just be recession-proof. That’s what metalsmith Alex Austin hopes, anyway, as she peddles her handmade stainless and silver flatware to companies around the globe. In demand: Alex Austin of Austin Creations displays some of her silver pieces. Companies in Italy and Australia have picked up her new […]
Edgy Mama: Throwing low-cost kid birthday parties
Here are a few recessionary ideas for throwing fun — but cheap — par-tays for your kidlings.
Pimento cheese, please
Pimento cheese—also known as p.c., Carolina caviar and Southern paté—is a truly Southern food. Those of us who grew up here can’t imagine a church picnic, afternoon tea, political rally or lunch-counter menu without sandwiches loaded with the mixture of grated cheese, mayonnaise and sweet peppers. Southern style: The Admiral’s pimento cheese appetizer, which includes […]
Edgy Mama: Can we get a little more child labor around here?
Experts say that chores help kids learn responsibility and build self-esteem. That’s great, but I need more non-negotiable child labor around here.
Edgy Mama: Dealing with the peanut recall
The recall’s hitting me at home, in my mostly all-natural organic, locally sourced home — and in my community.
Black Mountain’s newish party place
Wanna go to an all-ages frat-type party but with better beer? First drive out toward Black Mountain (even better, catch a ride). Pass through the barbed-wire-topped gates into the warehouse complex that once housed a Drexel Heritage Furniture plant. Enter a door marked only “Unit 100,” walk down industrial steel steps, and enter a beer […]
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Between my two kids, I breast-fed for a total of about 3 1/2 years. Yes, I spent that many years exposing my boobs in a variety of places to feed my kids, who never took a bottle and went straight from breast-feeding to drinking from a sippy cup. I finished nursing my youngest almost five […]
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Protesters plan to bring ‘breast is best’ message to Denny’s
Breast-feeding moms and activists plan to converge on the Denny’s restaurant off Patton Avenue on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 1 p.m. for a nurse-in.
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If you’re one of the 150 million people on Facebook, you’ve been tagged, probably several times, over the past few weeks and asked to reveal “25 random things” about yourself. The idea is that people write 25 facts, habits or goals about themselves, then designate 25 other people to do the same. As always, I’m […]
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I’m fairly crafty and enjoy big, messy kid art projects (in someone else’s house). However, for that craftiest of kid holidays, Valentine’s Day, I asked local kids’ craft expert Jean Van’t Hul for ideas. Jean’s an edgy mama of a 3-year-old girl I found through her rocking blog, www.artfulparent.wordpress.com. She ran a toddler art group […]
Getting the lead out
New lead-testing rules due to take effect Feb. 10 have local booksellers, toy retailers, crafters and even libraries struggling to understand what the regulations mean for them. Ruled out?: Leslie Hawkins, owner of Spellbound Children’s Bookshop on Wall Street in downtown Asheville, worries that new lead-testing regulations could her force her out of business. Photo […]
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When my kids told me they were writing letters to President Obama during the week of the inauguration, I was intrigued. I don’t know if it’s just Asheville or this time in history, but it seems that the youngest of us have been more focused on this election and its outcome than on any other […]
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Old Kentucky Homework
Six slightly scruffy boys listen as their instructor reads from Look Homeward, Angel. She stops and asks, “How is Wolfe using melodrama here?” Tentatively at first, the boys offer answers, then discuss how they use melodrama in their own writing. Janet Hurley reads to her writing students from Look Homeward, Angel. The middle-school aged group […]