We crossed into the Central Time Zone somewhere north of Chattanooga on I-24, which in the low evening sun had become suddenly beautiful, carved as it was into the Cumberland Plateau. It was around this time that we passed our first cornfield. There were other fields, too, golden squares abutting the green ones and making [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Civil War’
Crossing over
Posted in The Southeast, tagged Chickamauga, Civil War, Cumberland Plateau, Georgia, Tennessee on June 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Divided against itself
Posted in The Southeast, tagged Albemarle, Civil War, generational gap, information age, North Carolina, Wal-Mart on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since we got out of D.C., I have started noticing more and more clues that we are now in The South. We passed out first gunsmith just north of Richmond, Virginia—a standoffish cinderblock building with no windows called “Charlie’s Place.” Just west of Red Cross, North Carolina, we passed a roadside store selling hunting perches. [...]
