by Harry Holdorf | Dec 8, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
Each of us must admit that either we are killing the earth, and have no intention of stopping, or that we care, and are environmentalists, and want to help save the earth; there is no middle ground. Nicole Kidman’s Civil War movie Cold Mountain (sung by Alison Krauss,...
by Harry Holdorf | Dec 7, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
Dorothy felt things weren’t quite right, but she also knew they were as good as they were going to get; she’d just have to go with it. The snow had begun to fall several hours earlier, jogging her memories about snowy holidays as a child, how magical they were. She...
by Harry Holdorf | Nov 30, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
If it weren’t for Popper, I sure as hell wouldn’t been out in the woods today, cutting up twelve inch rounds of hardwood firewood, with a 36 inch bow saw, in the middle of a 350 acre Western North Carolina cattle ranch. If my older brother didn’t use one, I probably...
by Harry Holdorf | Nov 23, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
1. GROCERY CARTS Amuse your idling friends by asking them: What do they call grocery carts in Western North Carolina? The answer: ‘Buggies’ 2. ONE-INCH VINYL BLINDS are ubiquitous, because they’re everywhere, because you can buy them for $3.97 (at Walmart) to fit any...
by Harry Holdorf | Nov 22, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
Carson Johnny Carson’s secret to success was to be flatter than the Great Nebraskan Plains. It’s much easier to succeed being a foil than being an entity. The silence between sounds is always more meaningful than the sounds themselves, the space between words...
by Harry Holdorf | Nov 9, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
So, we moved to this old farmhouse outside Brasstown, NC several weeks ago: a sunny southern-sloped acre garden-farm, something we‘ve been seeking for decades. We brought with us the same phone/internet company, Frontier (more about them later), and Becky decided to...
