Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
Many Veterans still paying the price for their service
Like so many other American “holidays,” Veterans Day is observed more as a long weekend off work, or…
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
ICC violence threats result in arrest
When a caller to Isothermal Community College threatened violence in two separate phone calls that prompted the college…
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
Woman face consequences after shutting down event
Last week, a woman called Isothermal Community College, which has campuses in Polk and Rutherford counties, and threatened…
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
Bury a few acorns; trees are our time capsules
It is, yet says nothing. So wrote Walt Whitman. He was describing a tree he came upon while…
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
Making music one guitar at a time in WNC
Many a soul with calloused fingertips has made music that is best kept on the front porch. Others…
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
Some gardeners were hotter than a pepper sprout this year
Avid gardeners spend much of the winter studying their seed packets and imagining that what they started in…
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
Music overpowers the appetite at some eateries
I’ll have your famous shrimp and grits with a big slab of quiet, please. We are blessed here…
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
The heroes in the Hanser animal cruelty conviction
Our tendency to identify heroes in a case of good versus evil is as old as time. In…
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
“Gloating is a temptation to avoid,” Mama said
Don’t gloat. I can still hear my Mama’s admonition to me, given in a tone that carried not…
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
‘Machete Man’ who attacked family dog on the run
In a world of meanness, few are meaner than the Rutherford County man who recently attacked a neighbor’s…
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