Reply #13: CottonBear, thank you so much for your posts here tonight -- [View All]

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-- They have been a lift for me.

You were born in Chapel Hill? Then you were born in a truly beautiful place.

Your phrase "sense of place" stopped me in my tracks. I used it to teach composition for many years. I am drawn to writers, painters, and musicians who have it. The South generally has way more than its share of incredibly talented artists. Flannery O'Connor, Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Lucinda Williams, James Taylor, Reynolds Price (isn't he another Carolinian?) and thousands of others -- and I love it that New Orleans' airport is named for Louis Armstrong.

Good luck to your husband on the concert scene there in Athens.

Happy trails.