We all want to belong. So, some of us join Rotary and others head to quilting circles. Some start a reading club, and some start a band. But for another, shaggier, set, none of these activities do the trick — not like hanging out with a group bearded and mustachioed men (and women).

These are the folks who find their way to the Dixie Beard and Mustache Society, a fairly new club still "growing" in Haywood County.

To quote co-founder and president Aaron Stone, this is a charity and volunteer group "all based around the fabulousness of facial hair — follicles, so to speak."

As Stone talked about the furry soul of DBMS, he was was sipping a brew at the Tipping Point Tavern alongside vice president Dusty Evans and club secretary Tracy Orr. As you might expect, Evans and Stone were sporting ...