I knew that you would come crawling back like a Jasper merchant to Mr. Wesley. So do you think I am a robot that is going to crank out another masterful column like last year’s that follows all the rules? (Unlike the winner last year, who’s entry although artful, failed to mention Burt). Really? Here’s […]
A few months ago, Scott Hollifield called me from his cell phone frantically pleading with me to write his August column while he was away on vacation. “Matt”, he said, “I can’t possibly be expected to write two articles in one week. You are my biggest fan and one of my most trusted friends; you […]
The other day I was hiking in the beautiful, scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. I had my trusty dog “Ellie Mae” with me. She is a hound mix and boy can she pick up a trail quickly; that is, if her snot doesn’t get in the way. For maximum protection against zombies and other […]
Does your public library have an embalming room? As fate would have it, after more than fifty years of moving from one rented spot to another in our small county seat in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge foothills, our under-funded public library undertook a move into a building that had been a funeral home for many […]
Toyota’s racing boss Lee White isn’t very happy with NASCAR over last week’s Nationwide engine rules change (Photo: Toyota Motorsports) By Mike [email protected] Just minutes before the Indy start Sunday, Toyota’s Lee White was standing at the vast bay window overlooking pit road from four-stories up and the frontstretch of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in the […]
Dear Mr. Hollifield, I wanted to enter your column writing contest because I discovered some interesting parallels between “Roadhouse” and “Escape From New York” this past year, but I’m afraid I can’t because I’m currently incarcerated in the McDowell County Jail. I’ve had a string of bad luck a mile long ever since I moved to […]