Dan PattersonSeasonal AdjustmentI fully understand preferences for style but shouldn’t substance rise above fashion? Snobbery, about fake Christmas trees for example, is…Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021
Dan PattersonThe Christmas Roof“Hey. Hey, you awake?” Gerald Conner called to me from the hall. It was before 5 o’clock on Monday and no, I was not. Me and the blanket…Dec 22, 20191Dec 22, 20191
Dan PattersonCoolSchool for NovemberWell it’s CoolSchool Time children! Long gap between sessions and I hope all y’all have been listening and learning and putting your cool…Nov 29, 2019Nov 29, 2019
Dan PattersonHis Mom’s Buick (This was written a few years ago, but I was reminded of it this morning seeing an…Round fenders and running boards give some men the same instinctive response that short skirts and tight sweaters produce: we might not…Jul 10, 2019Jul 10, 2019
Dan PattersonQuartzLiving in a part of the country that has some open countryside I have had the rare happy surprise of finding remnants of stone tools left…Jun 6, 2019Jun 6, 2019
Dan PattersonStand Up! Hook Up!The Charles Cannon Memorial Hospital in Banner Elk was hosting its usual troop of visitors on a pretty late spring morning in 1974. A…Jun 6, 2019Jun 6, 2019