mcgrady

after a really nice week at home, i'm back in atlanta, the land of wireless internet and central heating and yoga studios!  it was a great trip home, though, and so good to spend time with my family.  this is where i grew up and where my parents still live.  just keep zooming out until you find a town you've heard of.  i hope that happens before the towns on the map are charlotte and raleigh.

for those of you who haven't been there, mcgrady is a zero stop light town, a place where you drive ten miles to get "into town" to work or do whatever shopping you need to do.  when i was just learning to drive a stick shift (i was probably 20 years old), i was driving through "town" (north wilkesboro) and i stopped at a stop light.  i was in the left turn lane.  i was the first car.  the light turned green.  i stalled.  and restarted the car.  and stalled.  and restarted the car.  bottom line: i stalled all the way through the light.  the light was green for a while and then turned yellow and then red again and i was STILL SITTING THERE frantically trying to get the car to move.  this is indicative of my driving skills early on; i'm much better now thankyouverymuch.  here's the thing, though: not a single car honked at me while i stalled through that light.  and THAT, in a nutshell, tells you a lot about the place where i grew up.