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WNC Profiles

Sole Pursuit

Evar Hecht carries on the craft of custom sandals and leatherwork in Asheville

Gift of a Lifetime

A woman’s decision to give her kidney to a stranger changed the course of organ donations

Abroad Perspective
Carrie Wagner&rsquo;s cultural exchanges bring home global insights meant to be shared
 
The Songbird
Whistling champion Phyllis Heil is never without a happy tune
Treasure Hunter

Growing up in the 1950s, della samuel, along  with her family, vacationed each year in Macon County. There, she spent her time digging in the dirt, loving every minute “in the hole,” as she recalls her early days as a rock hound.

Barbara Cook

World traveler Barbara Cook found her calling doing good for the children and artists of Nepal

Karen Hall

If she finally gets around to writing her memoir, it’s certain Karen Hall will have plenty of tales to spin from a well-lived life

Easy Does It

Recycling: it’s a chore. taking public transportation: an inconvenience. Reducing your home’s carbon footprint: Who’s got the time? The planet may be going to hell in a handbasket, but there’s no shortage of excuses for opting out of environmentalism.

Michelle Moog-Koussa

“It was the strangest thing I’d ever heard myself say,” she recalls. “I said, ‘I have to let you go. Stevie Wonder is on the other line.’”

Selina DeLangre

Going with the Grain: A purveyor of exotic sea salts creates her own success