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| Andy and Opie - Mount Airy, NC |
Where's the happy news? Well that is a bit of an oxymoron, isn't it - happy and news. It seems that reporting the news is equated with sensationalism and what sells.
I miss living in Live Oak, Florida and writing for the Suwanee Democrat. It is the farthest from being democratic, but it is interested in the local news and charm of the community. I covered the Hot Air Balloon Festival, Strawberry Festival, Little Miss Blueberry, and The Great Watermelon Patch. I went to all the high school games, UIL, rodeos, bass tournaments. There was a truth about the news. I wrote a column about things I observed in my every day life, living among the residents of sweet Live Oak.
Maybe that's why I want to live in Mayberry. Does anyone remember Mayberry? While living in NC, I was only a two hour drive from the real Mayberry and Mt Airy. The crime in Mayberry was Ernest T Bass throwing rocks through windows, bank robbers staking out the jail, hustlers charming Aunt Bee out of her fried chicken. There was no mention by the CDC of how to prepare for Zombies or the Apocalypse. There was no need.
Besides, there is still too much good in the world for the Apocalypse, too much love and hope alive to eradicate the human population. Still, if people are so worried about total annihilation, then they should consider who will initiate this devastation of the world - man or God? If people don't like what's happening then they should just stop participating, stop fighting, stop waging war on other humans. Is it really that difficult to just stop the negative behavior, even for a day? If it is, then maybe the zombies aren't the worst of our worries.
I'm going to start my own little Mayberry somewhere someday, and raise some kids there, and bake pies and be snuggly-laugh-out-loud-let's-go-to-the-drive-in-after-the-family-dinner-happy.
You do know the zombies I always go on about are metaphor, right? In fact, they're not unlike the inhabitants of Mayberry;)
ReplyDeleteI know that. But look how sweet they are. I didn't say I was taking the blue pill. I'd probably get run outta town or burned at the stake as a heritic. Just being able to have some kind of real community is what I want.
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