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A new  year begins and for many it is time for romance or at least romantic gestures. Valentine’s Day is just around the

Once we all come out from the sauna, also known as summer in the south, it is time to get back outside and breathe. Fall is

One of the hidden secrets in Garner, NC is the Depot Museum.  The Old Depot was moved several times in its life until it

How does one write about the love between two people they never knew?  Oh, I’ve seen pictures of them so I know what they

The Banks House gets its name from the four generations of the Banks family who called it their home from the 1890’s until

Oh, the many days I have spent scraping off loose paint and repainting.  When you’re in the middle of restoration you

Oftentimes when a house gets its name, all of the credit goes to the family  who lived there the longest or most recently.

I know aging is part of the process for all living things.  But, it is also a process that happens to  non-living things.

    The town of Garner was still called St. Mary’s district when the railroad arrived in 1851 and even when the

I am a firm believer that old houses need to be valued. Old houses are structures that held families who lived their lives