September 2010
3 posts
A WALK IN THE PARK
Yesterday afternoon I took a walk on the Boardwalk at Spring Creek Park. The weather has moderated and we are beginning to get a taste of Fall, and not a moment too soon. The Park is always a busy place and this Thursdday afternoon was no exception. Parents were watching their middle school sons get introduced to midget football and the young cheerleaders were learning about school spirit. A...
LIFE IS ABOUT ..WHAT??
Bernard Shaw said that life isn’t about finding yourseld, it is about creating yourself. Isn’t that a revolutionary concept? We spend half of our life trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up.. In the meantime life goes on.. and we are happy one minute and disgruntled the next. Always a little dissatisfied, always thinking that there must be something more and the grass...
August 2010
5 posts
Where is Home?
Where is home is a question that has been answered in many ways..”Where the heart is”..”The place that when you go there, they have to take you in.” It is definitely more than a place where you hang your hat. In this day and time when most people move every 2 or 3 years, I am the rare person who has lived in the same little town all my life. “Home encompasses safety,...
Colquitt is as Near Perfect
This morning I was in the Novel Bookstore next to my office and Jessie Roland, the owner, said to me “Colquitt is as near perfect as a town can be.” Needless to say I was surprised and pleased. Sure we have political infighting, disgruntled people griping about everything and some unsightly scenes. So what makes Colquitt nearly perfect?
If you drive around rural America you will see...
Who Ever Heard of Green Fire Plugs?
Yes, You read it correctly. Colquitt has chartreuse green fire plugs. It is a shock to the senses. Doesn’t the Fire Department know that fire plugs are suppose to be red?It is against the law of nature and common sense for fire plugs not to be red. After all red means Stop, Danger, Hot. Green means Go, Nature, Beauty. However, I learned from our City Manager, Cory Thomas, that irridescent,...
Dog Days
It is Dog Days for sure… record heat, so rain..gnats galore. It is the worst time of year. People are tired of the summer weather,theirr summer clothes are spotted and stained. Everyone is ready for a change. But the kids are not ready for school to start even if the Mothers are.I had no idea that the early Romans recognized Dog Days and named them. According to Wikipedia this time of year...
Colquitt Is a Happening Place
If you really want to be a part of a vibrant, alive community Colquitt is the place to live. Swamp Gravy rehersals start next week Jerry Stropnicky , this year’s director will be here for auditions, but don’t worry, if you can breathe and speak passable English you are in. It is a great group of people. Some great actora and singers, some not so great… All ages, shapes, colors...
July 2010
5 posts
SPEAKING OF ARTS
Colquitt will be hosting the Global, Mural, Arts and Cultural Tourism Conference in Oct. The Legacy of the conference will be the mural tribute to Agriculture painted on the 100ft tall peanut silos in downtown Colquitt. These silos are working silos, meaning they are full of peanuts waiting to be made into peanut butter or oil or put into a Nestle or Hershey candy bar. Since Colquitt is the center...
Arts and Culture
Colquitt is noted for being the home of Georgia’a Folklife Play, Swamp Gray. For 18 years Colquitt/Miller Arts Council has produced a new play based on the stories of the community. This year’s play, opening the first week-end in October, is called The Big Picture. It is the the stories behind the stories of the 17 beautiful murals that bring public art to the downtown square....
Ready to Move?
Funny that my first blog was about Colquitt and the Land Between the Rivers. A group of developers from Dallas/Ft Worth are planning to create an intergenerational community on a tract of land that borders Spring Creek. It is called the Porches at Spring Creek in the Land Between the Rivers. It will have something for everyone. For nature lovers there is the nature preserve bordering the Creek....
This Land Is My Land
Colquitt, Georgia, is in the “Land Between the Rivers”, so called because the Chattahoochees River divides Alabama and Georgia and the Flint River snakes from middle Georgia south westward to join the Chattahoochee at Lake Seminole Together they become the Apalachicola river and run into the Gulf of Mexico. Apalachicola Bay oysters are world famous but are now threatened by the...