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 communing with nature. Laid low by a ...
Larry McDermott, Author at The Tryon Daily Bulletin - Page 3 of 10
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 go on to the bright lights of ...
by Larry McDermott, Friday, October 6, 2023 1:44 pm
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 a warm and secluded spot in their ...
by Larry McDermott, Thursday, September 28, 2023 11:36 am
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 with All-American small towns and a growing ...
by Larry McDermott, Friday, September 15, 2023 11:08 am
Community
Other dog attacks on Grassy Knob Rd. come to light after 12-year-old old mauled in August
Victims claim Rutherford Co. failed to act RUTHERFORD COUNTY—Grassy Knob Road in Rutherford County where a Polk County boy was mauled has allegedly been ...
by Larry McDermott, Thursday, September 7, 2023 10:57 am
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 last week’s conviction of Delores Hanser on ...
by Larry McDermott, Friday, September 1, 2023 12:17 pm
Equestrian
Woman found guilty of animal cruelty in Rutherford County
Owner of Paws Ranch Equine Rescue Farm sentenced Thursday RUTHERFORDTON—Delores Hanser, the 65-year-old operator of a former equine rescue farm where authorities seized 23 ...
by Larry McDermott, Friday, August 25, 2023 11:05 am
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 an ounce of threat but rather a ...
by Larry McDermott, Thursday, August 17, 2023 10:27 am
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 dog with a machete, splitting its head ...
by Larry McDermott, Friday, August 4, 2023 10:24 am
Life on the farm- Larry McDermott
K-9s deserve special attention
Police departments all over America, even small ones, have added canines to their force. It’s an enormous responsibility, and most human officers are devoted to ...
by Larry McDermott, Friday, July 28, 2023 8:00 am
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