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Well…already three weeks into the new year and I’m just getting started on one of my new year’s resolutions; starting (and maintaining) a blog. Not being a naturally verbose person, this will hopefully be a good exercise for me.

First lets do some catching up. My wife and I have recently relocated to Asheville, North Carolina from Houston, Texas where we lived for three years after moving from Columbus, Ohio which we mainly claim as our home city, although we have both lived in other cities through our lives. I am a jewelry maker and my wife works in non-profit arts. We have two dogs and two cats (all of whom will surely make guest appearances in the blog). That’s probably enough catching up, let’s move on.

Currently my life is consumed with preparations for the American Craft Council show in Baltimore this February (more on that to come). That and doing the myriad tasks that one is required to do after moving to a new state. So far we are finding Asheville to be an agreeable town, quite a change from Houston. Asheville definitely has Houston beat in the hills and nature department, not so much in the winter weather category though. My blood thinned a lot after the Ohio to Texas move, trying to get it thickened back up again. Still, it is nice to be back in an area with seasons. Can’t wait to see the mountains come alive when spring gets here, by then I will have more time to appreciate my new town.