by Harry Holdorf | Jan 6, 2014 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
If you were to graph your life, at some point your expectations would intersect with your abilities: such a point should provide one with some degree of comfort; sort of like when the dog has taken your easy chair, and you’re all right with that. Two line graphs on...
by Harry Holdorf | Jan 2, 2014 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
Wikipedia does a good job describing winter’s date variations: everyone agrees the season is three months long. Most Northern Hemispherians do winter as December, January, February, centered not on the December 21st Winter Solstice, but about 3 ½ weeks later, due to a...
by Harry Holdorf | Dec 26, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
I learned that small southeastern Nebraskan towns, which the river moved away from, and the railroad failed to run through, often shrivel up and die. I learned that hard work is excellent, that amazing family farms will last forever, that there’s not quite enough rain...
by Harry Holdorf | Dec 22, 2013 | Blogs, Harry Holdorf
First, a multiple choice question: Life is like: 1. A rock; 2. A river; 3. A piece of paper; 4. A fire; 5. A movie. Correct answer: #4, Life is like a fire, requiring ignition, a certain level of combustion, in order to be more than just a pile of sticks. Waiting for...
by Harry Holdorf | Dec 17, 2013 | Blogs
There’s all sorts of cause-and-effect paradoxes… like our shower faucet… the hot water always leaked, so Danny fixed it by going into the downtown Murphy hardware store, finding the right washer, and replacing it. But after a couple months, it runs again, enough hot...
