Lori's place is perfect for a person or couple spending most of their awake time out doing, who want a comfortable rest and wake-up spot surrounded by nature outside.

It's also perfect for the solitary person looking not only to experience Asheville's culture, but also to ground themselves, while trying to awaken and work towards a new sense of future.
My week stay in Asheville wasn't a vacation. Though I did many social things – from restaurants to live music to art galleries to meetup groups; because that’s how you meet people when you know no one.

My overriding goal was to see if I could make connections to people and resources to help establish myself / home and projects, in Asheville by the end of this summer -- a relocation that means giving up my rent-stabilized Fort Greene, Brooklyn apartment of 24 yrs ! While at Lori’s I felt rooted, content and placed.
In the mornings I loved sitting outside the door of my studio apartment in its private little patio area, planning my day and contacts, and reviewing what I had learned the day before. Sometimes having warm conversations with Lori as she passed into the yard to feed the two chickens.
But in-between all that was just peace -- and the gentle clucking of my two new chicken friends, who I called ‘Cluck’ and ‘Cluck-Cluck’, and then there was the cat named Peanut who came to visit ! - Trayce