“I don’t understand why there is apparently no organizational push to get these guys and gals into nonmedical face coverings for routine trips into public spaces.”
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“I don’t understand why there is apparently no organizational push to get these guys and gals into nonmedical face coverings for routine trips into public spaces.”
“My cousins and I believe Martha and Jane were smiling when Mel received a MacArthur award.”
“Sam is a deeply thoughtful and knowledgeable person with humanistic values who can help steer North Carolina in the right direction for its citizens to thrive.”
“These efforts are not about forcing people out of their cars or sacrificing traffic efficiency, but better balancing our transportation infrastructure to make Asheville safer for all residents and visitors — including pedestrians and cyclists.”
“I am writing to encourage all of us here in WNC to write to Duke Energy to oppose its proposed 14.3% residential rate hike.”
“This is a balm on frazzled nerves and great for those of us who can hardly ‘keep from singing.'”
“Tourism must shrink as a proportion of our local economy. We have to start building the foundation on which a new, less tourist-dependent Asheville can thrive.”
“We need help. We are pleading with the city of Asheville, with Buncombe County and with the state of North Carolina to provide us with some relief and some assistance.”
“Have a heart, senators. Show us you care. Think about the people who got you elected.”
“The community that the cafe creates allows people like and unlike to break the barriers between them and, in doing so, work together to address our community’s needs.”
“Thank God for Jerry Sternberg! Mr. Sternberg, you are a commonsense breath of fresh air in our murky world.”
“There is an easy way for homebound folks to help charities at no cost by using the AmazonSmile program when ordering online with Amazon.”
“One of the important missions of 12 Baskets is to break down the barrier that divides our community into socioeconomic groups.”
“Those shady trees gave much beauty and respite to us all. They will be missed.”
“12 Baskets is … teaching us that by offering small gestures, we can help our community thrive as a whole.”
“What don’t you people understand about ‘Stay at home’?”
“It’s critical that patients and their doctors know there is no reason to hesitate for even an instant in seeking needed hospital care.”
“We desperately need to learn from and listen to each other without seeking to impose our own views, not only within our own communities but in a spirit of outreach between our countries.”
“[W]e’ve learned at 12 Baskets that by adopting a mentality of abundance, we can find ways to more evenly and equally distribute wealth and resources, especially food.”
“We cannot in good faith be praised for tourism, gentrification or other tributes to the mostly white recipients of American hospitality and opportunity without showing up in other ways to expunge, however minimally it is possible for a small city to do so, the mistakes — the tragedies — that our deliberate or ignorant behavior as a society keeps compounding year after year after year.”
“Thankfully, there is 12 Baskets, a place that knows what it means to share with one’s community.”