On Loving (and Hating) the South
(Editor’s Note: This essay first appeared in Lowcountry Weekly in September of 2008. It has been edited for republication.) A couple of mornings ago, the phone rang here at my home office, and despite the unfamiliar number on my caller I.D., I picked up. Remember the good ol’ days when you just answered the phone? I was feeling nostalgic, I guess. Plus, the call was coming from Los Angeles, and Jeff has family and friends out that way, so I thought maybe, just maybe, the call was legit.
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