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(Published in the Tryon Daily Bulletin, March 26, 2015) Wednesday nights are hopping in Tryon. It’s hard to believe how busy one can be in such a small town, but as I’ve noted before, Tryon isn’t just any small town. When I first moved here, I spent many of my Wednesday nights in Jim Cullen’s […]

(Published in the Tryon Daily Bulletin, March 12, 2015) One of my California friends is considering a move to Tryon and asked me recently, “What are the winters like there? I mean really.” She’s heard me brag about the Isothermal belt and use words like moderate and mild when describing the weather. But let’s not […]