It was a great weekend in Black Mountain and Asheville with Kathy and Lee and their dogs at GreenPeace. We've known each other since 1974 and it's still a lot of fun to be together. We tracked down Rick and Joy Icenhower who they knew at State. Rick and Joy got married in school and went back to Rick's family farm in Leiscester and had a thriving greenhouse business until just recently. We were impressed by the pristine state of their home -- built by Rick's grandfather -- their big farm and cows and pastures and fish ponds -- they have to work hard to maintain all that. Their nursury business is greatly downsized now, due to drought, major storm damage to the greenhouses accompanied by the dramatic rise in the price of oil to heat the houses. But they are being resourceful and are selling water collection devices and active in addressing the regional crisis in water supply. You've got to admire them and wish them the best. It's never has been easy to be a farmer and it's not now. 
We also had Kathy's nephew Luke over for dinner a couple of times. Kathy is an excellent, creative cook and Luke was a wonderful guy -- a serious bicycler and student at UNC-A. He will be in Charleston after the New Year. I invited him to stay with us and I think he's going to take me up on it . It will be nice to see him again. Here's a picture of Kathy and Luke and a good shot of Lee and Lucy.
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