Black Mountain’s small quaint downtown area dates to the 1920’s.  Shoppers and diners make their way from restaurants to storefronts surrounded by some of the largest ranges of deciduous forest land in the Appalachians.  As such, October is a particularly popular time to stroll down Cherry, Broad, or State Street, while breathing in the crisp air of fall immersed in the changing of the seasons.  Unfortunately, this October of 2024 was different

 Our guest, Sarah Vekasi is a potter and small business owner.  Her store is right in amongst the bustling downtown, but without the usual leaf season she was unable to sell her work, and her studio being attached to her home was without water and power for over three weeks, leaving her unable create inventory.  To complicate matters her supplier along the French Broad was completely washed away disrupting her supply chain.