by Harry Holdorf | Feb 15, 2014 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
It’s been such a struggle for me to admit to the possibility that the last century’s horrendous global unnatural inhuman activity may serve a higher purpose. For a life-long Green Environmentalist such as myself, it’s a lot of crow to eat: to think that the dude...
by Harry Holdorf | Jan 6, 2014 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
If you were to graph your life, at some point your expectations would intersect with your abilities: such a point should provide one with some degree of comfort; sort of like when the dog has taken your easy chair, and you’re all right with that. Two line graphs on...
by Harry Holdorf | Jan 2, 2014 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
Wikipedia does a good job describing winter’s date variations: everyone agrees the season is three months long. Most Northern Hemispherians do winter as December, January, February, centered not on the December 21st Winter Solstice, but about 3 ½ weeks later, due to a...
by Harry Holdorf | Dec 26, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
I learned that small southeastern Nebraskan towns, which the river moved away from, and the railroad failed to run through, often shrivel up and die. I learned that hard work is excellent, that amazing family farms will last forever, that there’s not quite enough rain...
by Harry Holdorf | Dec 22, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
First, a multiple choice question: Life is like: 1. A rock; 2. A river; 3. A piece of paper; 4. A fire; 5. A movie. Correct answer: #4, Life is like a fire, requiring ignition, a certain level of combustion, in order to be more than just a pile of sticks. Waiting for...
by Harry Holdorf | Dec 10, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
I’m upset about our dog, Goobie, 12-year-old tri-colored beagle. Close member of the family: only second-generation child. His rear end went out two years ago, Halloween, in Beatrice. We’d dressed him up in a Buzzy Bee outfit, which fit him perfectly, for the...
