Mornin' Ya'll and Cheesy Grits my Ass!

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11. I swear, sometimes I think we're more than one species.

I grew up in the South and moved to the Northwest (with detours to other more Northern climes). When I go back I love changing planes in some place like Atlanta, headed for New Orleans or Jackson, because the whole level of tension goes down. People talk about where they're going, find out they have people in common, invite one another to come visit...they just open up like flowers. I LOVE those grocery store lines. We actually talk about the magazines, say "Bless her heaart" over Whitney or Jessica, talk about the products (I remember spending a few wonderful minutes laughing over the vicissitueds of menopause with a group of women when I admired one's old fashioned funeral parlor fan). I can feel my blood pressure go down and the endorphins flow.

It's wonderful. I got no place to go that won't be better for that having been part of the journey.