Remember the first “Hollywood” tidbit I dropped not long ago? You know, about the movie “Get Low” that will star Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek? Guess what? They’ll be filming a house burning scene just a couple miles over from our farm here on the Dirt Road. Yep, yep, yep! Look here: This old house [...]
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Just East of the Dirt Road – HOLLYWOOD!
Posted in Dirt Road Diaries, Movies on March 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Coming Soon……Hollywood!
Posted in Dirt Road Diaries, Just Fun, Movies, News on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Main Street Crawfordville, Georgia Just beyond the bend in our little Dirt Road is a wide spot in the road – better known as Crawfordville, GA, home of Alexander Stephens and so forth……. Well, this plain-Jane of a small southern town has been featured as the backdrop in 12 Hollywood films. The most famous of [...]
Parking Lot Wisdom
Posted in Dirt Road Diaries on January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We’re playing water follies today and just as Murphy’s Law predicts – when the temp’s drop below freezin’, there shall be water pipe havoc. The Gladiator, Samson and Alexander the Great have all had their heads twirling over the leak – turned gushing geyser – and have dug, taken apart and group conferred over the [...]
Y’all – It’s Friday
Posted in All Things Southern, Dirt Road Diaries, Family, Jacobs Farm on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
LOOK! New along the Dirt Road – a little dockside eatery…… No – wait…………… Looks more like the 3rd sequel to “Grumpy Old Men”…………. I think the Gladiator must be suffering from (80 degree) fever………..
Only in the South
Posted in All Things Southern, Almanac, Dirt Road Diaries on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With only 6 1/2 shopping days left until Christmas, the thermometer on our front porch reads 82 degrees. 82 Degrees! Just last week, we were having below freezing nights in the mid to low 20′s. Some of the cats are sun bathing out on the dock today and most of the hens are happily dirt [...]


