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February 06, 2005
a trip to gee's bend
while flipping thru the channels, i happened upon a documentary about the quiltmakers of gee's bend, alabama. i'm not gonna to try and articulate what i saw or how it made me feel. check it out. and even if you can't get your hands on the documentary, do some research while you're online checking your email, your bank account, or your whatever. trust me.
i will say this: i miss the south terribly. relocating "up north" to work on this degree has made me realize how much of a southern girl i am. i miss (not in this order)...
1. sweet tea and good grits
2. waffle house and krystals
3. bar-b-q plates from sunset
4. fried okra
5. starry nights
6. for-real fishin in the cut
7. sunday services
8. long beaches
9. family
10. friends
i really miss being around other folks who look like me.
and there are things that i don't miss about the south (again, not in order of importance)...
1. 70 degrees at 7 a.m.
2. adaptive inferiority
3. assumed superiority
4. not-see's
5. over-fished waters
6. suburban sprawl
7. urban decline
8. pick-up truck drivers who tear apart byrd(s)
9. places where more sunday bombings are planned
10. sand in my car
until i can think of more things to add to my list...
Posted by emnorris at February 6, 2005 07:37 AM