BY MOLLY STRANAHAN The oldest of George Stranahan’s six children, the author is writing a memoir of her childhood in Woody Creek as a gift to her father for his upcoming 75th birthday. Inspired by the first issue of The Woody Creeker, she shares with us, beginning with this installment. the memories of a dozen […]
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UNCLE JIMMY’S REVIEW
BY JIMMY IBBOTSON Jonathan McEuen is my calabash nephew. He grew up under my wing. When we made friends, he was a teenager, trying to live the life of a pothead poet, touring with his tight-assed, teetotaling dad, and my musical partner since 1969. One summer, much later, Jonathan brought his wife K’snia to Woody […]
THE GREAT MYTH
A TWO-HEADED SNAKE BY GAYLORD GUENIN For the record, Lenado does not sit within the physical boundaries of the unincorporated community of Woody Creek. Of more import, perhaps, is the fact that Lenado shares a spiritual bond and philosophy with neighbors. But Lenado and Woody Creek are nit just tiny dots on various maps; both […]
THE PEACOCK PROBLEM
BY JENNIFER A. STROUP Anita Thompson had just begun the inaugural interview for this magazine when the phone rang, but George Stranahan, the subject, was used to this: the phone has loud rung loud and often at Owl Farm. It was Julie Hess, a caretaker and friend of Tom Klutznick, real-estate developer, philanthropist, and Owl […]
GREEN FAIRY ABSINTHE
BY KESNIA