Many of us have lived in more than one locality within our lifetime. Different reasons take us to different places, some short-lived, some settled in for the long haul. Each destination carries with it a unique personality, both the place and the people. For me, I have come a full 360° . . . in other words, I have come full circle from the time I was a toddler 'til today as I relax in retirement.
Much has changed, while much is still the same, in reflection upon my little town.
My Little Town
Gateway to Lake Seminole
Population: 2,796 at the 2000 census
Walking down main street
Won't take you very far
Storefronts in a row
Don't even need a car
No fancy restaurants
GOOD food's the tease
Fried chicken and 'tators
Pass the biscuits, please
No local teen hangout
No cinema in fact
No fancy restaurants
GOOD food's the tease
Fried chicken and 'tators
Pass the biscuits, please
No local teen hangout
No cinema in fact
Murals on outer walls
Keep the past coming back
Many doors have closed
Debris strewn on the floor
What once was thriving
Is long gone, no more
Ghosts of ages past
Haunted the county
'Til justice at last
Brothers in Blood
Each a prison escapee
Killed and raped
In the year '73
'Til justice at last
Brothers in Blood
Each a prison escapee
Killed and raped
In the year '73
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| Seminole County Courthouse, built 1922 |
Courthouse still standing
Stately none the least
Staring down main street
Poised like a beast
Gateway to Lake Seminole
That's it's name to fame
Crappie, catfish, large-mouth bass
The best fishing game
Call on a neighbor
Brings blessings indeed
No need to worry
If ever in need
Food, fun, fellowship
Family times abound
Sunday's are restful
Picnicking on church ground
Springtime azaleas
Summer gnats and flies
Fall hunting for deer
Winter's grand sunrise
Farmers and merchants
Gateway to Lake Seminole
That's it's name to fame
Crappie, catfish, large-mouth bass
The best fishing game
Call on a neighbor
Brings blessings indeed
No need to worry
If ever in need
Food, fun, fellowship
Family times abound
Sunday's are restful
Picnicking on church ground
Springtime azaleas
Summer gnats and flies
Fall hunting for deer
Winter's grand sunrise
Farmers and merchants
Some even renown
Best people on earth
That's my little town
©Awakenings
Sharla Lee Shults
What about you? Do you have something to share about your little town (or city)? Leave a comment and contact point for a feature post on Awakenings!
©Awakenings
Sharla Lee Shults
What about you? Do you have something to share about your little town (or city)? Leave a comment and contact point for a feature post on Awakenings!
This should be very interesting! I'll have to see if I can dig something up that's unique about our community. :>)
ReplyDeleteWonderful, Marion. That would be awesome :-) BTW Where is your community located?
DeleteWow, even though we live in different countries I found so many similarities: no fancy res truants just good food, no teen hang out, no cinema (although we have had a few island movie nights) and I think we're tied for the best people on earth.
ReplyDeleteMayne Island is about the size of Manhattan but with far less shopping and far more sheep. If you're sailing on B.C. ferries from the British Columbia mainland to Vancouver Island changes are you'll dock at Mayne Island. We're so peaceful that our one and only jail is a museum. Although, it wasn't always this way. Mayne Island has a sorted past. In fact, in years past its nickname was 'Little Hell'. I've been a happy islander since 1999--and I never plan to leave.
Leanne, thank you for sharing such insightful sentiments! It is truly amazing how such simple things can bring so much joy!
DeleteSerendipitous post! I had a ride through my birthplace, the street in South Boston where I spent my first fifteen years. Our old home is still there, quite unchanged even though every other house on the street (except the one next to ours,as it was torn down to create a parking space) had been updated and 'gentrified.' But ours, built in the 1700's, once the only house on the street, and very dissimilar to all of the triple deckers that fill the street shoulder to shoulder, still stands proudly next to the Presbyterian Church that has expanded in size through the centuries. The house once held a doctor, and the street now bears his name. Some day I will research, to find out whether he was a medical doctor (as we believed as children) or a ministerial doctor. I wonder how long the old house will remain unchanged. I cannot worry about that, for we left that house almost fifty years ago...Someone else must be caring about it now.
ReplyDeleteHi, Terry. So good to 'see' you again! Wow! Boston...now that is a city filled with history! How about my doing a post surrounding your birthplace? Did you by chance take some pictures upon your return? Do you have pictures of the home place when you were a child? My, my I could keep going and going and going with questions. Just let me know if you would like to be featured. Hope the answer is 'yes'!
DeleteSharla, I love this idea. My little community of Bear Poplar and my town of Salisbury,NC are both quite historic. George Washington even stopped in Salisbury to sleep when traveling. Salisbury is also famous for Krispy Kreme doughnuts and cheerwine. The Honorable Elizabeth Dole calls Salisbury home. My community of Bear Poplar was so named because a bear was seen climbing the poplar tree way back in the late 1700's. Love it.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome, Dicy! Definitely needs to be a stop on Awakenings :-)
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