The Church Sign Wars of Route 64
First Baptist started it with a pun about heaven. The Methodists answered within the week. By August it was theology by roadside marquee, and the whole county slowed down to read.
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Miss Odessa's Nine-Layer Rumor
A rumor in this county is like Miss Odessa's famous cake: it arrives in layers, and by the time you reach the bottom you have forgotten what the top was about.
Read more →The Sky Went Dim Enough to Argue About
On the twelfth, the moon passed between us and the sun, and Chatham County got exactly enough of an eclipse to start a fight about whether it counted.
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The Feed Store Newsletter
Earl's feed store newsletter outsells half the digital marketing plans I have written. It turns out cows beat dashboards.
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Roundabout Theology
They're putting a roundabout in on 64 and folks are treating it like the county decided to worship Saturn.
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The Last Good Barbershop
Three chairs. No appointments. A television tuned to a channel that doesn't exist anymore.
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What the Kudzu Knows
It grows about a foot a day. The botanists call it invasive. My grandmother called it ambitious.
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