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| St John's Cemetery, Thibodaux, Louisiana |
From StoryPeople.My favorite way home is past the cemetery since it's
about the only place in the whole town where people
keep their opinions to themselves
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| St John's Cemetery, Thibodaux, Louisiana |
From StoryPeople.My favorite way home is past the cemetery since it's
about the only place in the whole town where people
keep their opinions to themselves
Okay, that's brilliant.
ReplyDeleteAlice, I grew up in New Orleans, which was quite a gossipy city, but I was completely unprepared for the speed at which news travels in a small town.
DeleteWe had party lines where I grew up, so I know whereof you speak, Mimi!
ReplyDeleteWe had party lines, too, susan. One of my friends was on our party line, so we could have exciting three-way conversations with another mutual friend.
DeleteOur party line ring was one long and 3 short rings. And to add to the rigors of country life, we didn't have mail delivery, we had to go to the PO to pick up the mail from those narrow little boxes that look like honeycombs. We had moved from the city to this (to me) God forsaken place when I was a sophmore in HS. The village had 2 churches, an A&P,a bank,fire station, ice cream store and a garage. The first morning I hiked down to the village, looked around and began to cry. I cried all the way back and off and on all day. My father tried to comfort me, he said "But they have the most beautiful sunsets in the world here." You can imagine that was small comfort :>)
ReplyDeleteBut as u say, gossip did fly with amazing speed!
nij
Nij, I know the feeling. If I had moved in high school, I may not have survived. When I went to graduate school in Baton Rouge, I was desolated in what I thought was a big hick town. Then on to Mobile, Alabama, which was less hick, followed by moves to two smaller towns. The most suffocating place was Hammond, Louisiana, and, had it not been a college town, it would have been much worse.
DeleteI wish more people understood that you cannot do anything but anger others if you feel your opinions need to be forced on others!! :-)
ReplyDeleteAlas Christi, it took me a long time to learn the lesson, and I still have a way to go. Ask those near and dear to me. :-(
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