Good Bye Old House

[Rick Smith]

Laurie,

When we were talking on the phone yesterday afternoon regarding some of the issues at Holly Field, including the difficulties of finding a buyer, we also jokingly observed that it would be a blessing if the place would just burn to the ground so that the remaining acreage would then sell much easier.

It was absolutely surreal when you called an hour later to say that the house was no more.

I always enjoyed checking on it for you and I guess felt just a little like it was mine too. It is a blessing that it is gone, in a practical sense, but it is also very sad.