Twilight in Northwest Georgia: Thoughts from Fairview, GA

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Thoughts from Fairview, GA

To: Dr. Charles Lutin

Sir. My name is Amos Daremore and I am writing to you because I live in Fairview and I know that you have been campaigning in a lot of towns but I don't believe you will come to Fairview (nobody comes here unless they's lost) and I don't know where you will be an' me and the Misses (Emma that'd be...she's lookin over my shoulder she says because she can spelt better 'n me but I know it's cause she's nosey) are hopen that you will win the election. No offense to Marjorie Greene mind you, she is a firecracker an' that's fur sure but she's all the time going off at the wrong time an' in the wrong direction.

I hear tell that you been askin folks what they think about things and what they would like. If'n I ever see you in person I will tell you what I would like and what I think Fairview needs but if'n I don't see you I will 'spress my thoughts in this letter.

First off, the most important thing that Fairview needs is more dogs. All kinds a dogs of all colors and sizes, all the way from them there big long legged Grape Danish down to them tiny Chinawas from Mexico. An' they gotta bark...all kinds a bark'n from yip yip yip to WOOF! WOOF! We need more barke'n dogs because there are some times, granted not often, but some times when me n' Emma will be a'settin on the front porch or in the back yard an' we don't hear nothin but birds! Can you imagine that! No bark'n dogs - just birds! Why, if you can believe it there are even a few houses in the neighborhood where they don't even own a dog! Not a one! Who ever heard of such a thing? So please DR. Lutin Sir, if'n you get to Washington could you please make it a priority to ship us some noisy dogs?

Another problem we have is this...there are some bubbas who are driving their F150s and Ram trucks in the neighborhood with sound suppression devices intact (we used to call 'um mufflers in the old days). That's dangerous! If yur walkin on the road you can hardly hear 'um commin! There should be a town ordinance sayin that they have to remove them mufflers an' drive their trucks as noisily as possible like most of the young bucks in the area do. Besides, everybody knows that the louder the truck the bigger the man.

One final request if you please. We need more junk vehicles in some front and back yards. There are quite a few that have junk cars, busses, trucks and campers already but we need more in order to keep our property values depressed. Some igorant folks have even said it's good to have a clean and maintained neighborhood. HAH! What good is ownin property if'n you don't have stuff layin all over it? In fact at a community meeting one damned fool (Emma says that God forgives me that) talked about a clean neighborhood being a source of personal and community pride. Well, let me tell you! Emma stood up and said, "Well la-de-da and whoop-ti-do to YOU!" That shut him up tighter then a drum! She had him so flummoxed that he didn't know his ass from page 2 (Emma says God forgives me that too). This here is Fairview...it ain't one a those fancy subdivisions with sidewalks and streetlights an' gates an' rools an' regulations! Besides, everybody knows that junker cars an' other stuff includin dawgs in a yard means that a REAL MAN lives there.

Dr. Lutin Sir, if you have read this far I thank you for your time. I hope that if you go to Congress that you will not forget us little folks and will remember my requests.

Respectfully,

Amos P. Daremore

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Hi. My name is Tom. I am a long-time blogger, having started in my native Wisconsin some fifteen years ago and continuing during my ten years living in Peru. I all but stopped posting to my blog when my wife and I returned to the United States and moved to Rossville, Georgia in July of 2017. We don’t actually live in Rossville. We live in one of those census-designated places, a term I really don’t understand and am not interested enough to learn about. The only practical difference I can see is that the city does not pick up our trash.

I’m starting a new blog because my old one was Peru specific, and that was yesterday. I chose the title ‘Twilight in Northwest Georgia’ for two reasons: twilight because I am old and for me age is playing an ever-increasing role in how I view myself and the world around me. And Northwest Georgia for obvious reasons. It’s not a great title but it identifies and introduces what it needs to. Good enough.

This blog is not going to have a central theme…it’s not going to be about anything specifically. I like to write and will post about anything and everything that may interest me at the moment. I do know that my wife Maribel will be mentioned frequently because she is everything to me.

A comment here about my writing style and philosophy might be in order. We live in an era of political correctness…a time when the broadcast and print media, politicians, and petty people in general are lined up like vultures, eagerly waiting to pounce on anyone for the slightest faux pas, no matter how innocent and unintended. The media do it to sell their services. Politicians do it to advance their careers by degrading others. Petty people do it because…well…because they’re petty people. It is never my intent to be politically correct, politically incorrect, obnoxious or offensive. I can be critical and sometimes very critical but try my best to be objective. I do like to praise when praise is warranted. I do have pet peeves, am very opinionated and can be very vocal about them, which in the past has drawn the ire of some readers on my old blog. But that’s life. We all have different likes, dislikes, values and beliefs. The key is how we handle those differences.

The purpose of this blog is to provide a platform for me to write. I am opening it up to the public simply because someone may find something of interest in my ramblings. Any reader comments or criticisms, provided they are civil, are welcome.