Archive for July, 2010
Friendships – and Beyond
I’ve had truly great friends – over so many years They each brought such joy – and some a few tears Real “pals” who were there – when life dipped a bit They would simply appear – and be an up-lifting hit Each of our lives became quite closely entwined While even beyond – there are [...]
The Rise and Fall of Lucius Calhoun
These stories are in the words of Charles Aloysius Cathcart, known to ‘most everyone here in Coltrane as Grampa Charlie Loy. Most evenings except Sundays, he occupied a wobbly old straight-back chair in spitting distance of the squat, rusty pot-bellied stove in Homer Henderson’s dry-goods store. They were collected by Mr. Cathcart’s grand-nephew Ernest, who [...]
Putting Feet on Main Street: Hendersonville, North Carolina
Hendersonville’s calm traffic made me feel welcomed and honored. It seemed everything had been done to create a place that made a happy habitat for humans.
What the heck is a “Merkle Blade?”
He cast his eye about the place, and offered the opinion that it took a strange person to want to live “in a swamp”.
My Friendship Garden: Woven with Love
This plant carried soil, water and nurturing from places all over this state to finally arrive at our home in western North Carolina.
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