Brian, aka The Gentleman Farmer, is often the first face people see when they walk into the Mercantile.
Here is Brian’s favorite gift to be found in The Curious Quill.
It’s a chilly Easter morning, but as I step out onto the porch of the Inn at Foster Falls, the birds are singing. Through the fog that sits over the New River nearby, I can hear the water roar over the falls – a sound that I imagine has been constant for many...
About ten years ago I visited a fellow in Draper I met at my job. I immediately realized Draper had a special feel to it. I had been in the area probably 20 years prior and remembered thinking, “wouldn’t this be a nice place to live.” I never thought about it again...
My boy Fred, I first laid eyes on you Sunday July 8th, 2018. I had just finished a weekend workshop at the Well of Mercy in Harmony North Carolina. I came back a few hours early to participate in an opening ceremony for Blooms tea house in Draper, Virginia. At 9am I...
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