Author Archives: terryhenry2014

How many times have you wondered whether or not other people see the same things in life as you wind your way through your day. It could be a normal day or one that is out of the ordinary—you may … Continue reading →

During all the years I have been employed in the Boone, North Carolina area I have never taken a vacation at home. A few days off here and there but an entended period of time called vacation time—never. Until this … Continue reading →

If you consider June, July and August to be the months of summer, we are now almost 2/3’s of the way through the year 2007 version of this annual event. And it certainly has been a most interesting one from … Continue reading →

You know that you have lived a good life when you are around long enough to see people—who were once awkward youngsters uncomfortable in their very own bodies—grow into the men and women those bodies were created to be. Not … Continue reading →

Thoughts come and thoughts go—an almost continuous stream of consciousness and semi-lucidity. I think of what I would tell someone who wanted to plant a vegetable garden—prepare to weed and then weed some more because there will be weeds. One … Continue reading →

In a telephone conversation with my farmer friend Alan the other day we talked about several things that I have recently given some thought to and would like to explore just a little more. One of our running conversations centers … Continue reading →

The image was as I awoke of a lake where a sitck of diynamite had been thrown in several minutes before. Floating on top of the lake were the fish that had been caught in the concussion of energy released … Continue reading →

What follows is a narrative fragment found in the bottom of suitcase once used by a circus performer who later in life became a cinematographer. His name was Christian and he learned a lot that first summer away from home … Continue reading →

As I began to read a long prose poem/essay by Anne Carson entitled “The Anthropology of Water” I was struck by the fact—while caught in the net of her prose—that I am a pilgrim on a pilgrimage. As defined a … Continue reading →

I don’t know why it is but the saying is true that the older you get the more time flies. It is already past the halfway mark for 2007 and I have to wonder where the time went. Of course … Continue reading →