I just watched First Man. It’s the story of Neil Armstrong, astronaut, father, and husband. It’s a gripping movie, evocatively filmed, quietly and compassionately told, as much about the man and his grief as it is about the technical accomplishment of getting to the moon. It filled me with nostalgia for a time when AmericaContinue reading “A New Moonshot?”
Author Archives: Culley Holderfield
Culley Holderfield learned to love stories on the front porch of a cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. After completing his studies at UNC-Chapel Hill, he found his way to South America and later to Africa and Europe. When not writing or working in community development finance, he spends his time tromping through woods and paddling rivers. His work explores the emotional terrain of loss and place. His novel, Hemlock Hollow (Regal House, 2022), won the Eric Hoffer prize for historical fiction and a New Horizon award for debut fiction.
Winning the Lottery?
Somewhere out there this morning a person’s life has been profoundly changed overnight. There is a single owner of a winning ticket worth $1.6 billion. It’s not me. I wasn’t in the running only because I forgot to stop and buy a Mega-Millions ticket yesterday. The odds were never in my favor. The odds areContinue reading “Winning the Lottery?”
The Adventures of the Blue Wind Boy
I am, above all else, a Tarheel. Not Tarheel as in associated with the University of North Carolina (though I am that, too), but Tarheel as in North Carolinian. I have officially resided in nine North Carolina counties: Guilford, Henderson, Buncombe, Forsyth, Orange, Wilkes, Wake, Tyrell, and Durham. Despite feeling that this state is myContinue reading “The Adventures of the Blue Wind Boy”