Month: October 2019

This Week’s Issue: Homer ponders our seeming obsession with instant gratification. He, of course, is a proponent of instant gratification in his world, but he seems to take a jaundiced…

The Great American Calorie Harvest Well, we are rocketing into the month of November, and America’s official day of turkey consumption will soon be here. I don’t mean to offend…

A Few Words From Hank Beavers Hank Beavers, here. It’s easy for a tourist to describe our tiny town in this small Appalachian county as a ‘paradise on earth,’ and…

My Name is Micah Davenport My name is Micah Davenport. I am a long-time friend of Ray Whitlow and his wife, Isabel, and I currently work with Isabel running the…

Part II Dawson’s Gold Previously: Digging and renovation begin after a strong wind partially tumbles the old shed behind the main house. Outside help is brought in to repair the…

The Shed Homer and Isabel live in a house with a history. Built by a young banker for his family in 1896, Faded Glory is indeed a gracious painted lady…

Whatever Happened to Civility? This is a tough subject. In my eleven short years of life here at Faded Glory, I have seen the way you humans treat one another…

“Roll Over, Play Dead!” “Sit; shake hands; roll over; talk to me;” the commands seemed endless as Ms. Ellie Bradshaw’s little dog, Kirby, went through all of his tricks flawlessly…

Spook’s Gift of Gab! After making my recent comments regarding “civility,” I decided to recant my opinion of my supposed nemesis, Spook the crow, and his role at Faded Glory Farm….

The Value of Exercise Last Friday, when Tina arrived at the Inn and sauntered by me, I got excited; very excited! Yes, this could have been the ultimate doggy love story in…