I love this so much! I don’t know any of them but you made me smile, laugh and feel like I do know them. I also love the Knoxville locations as I have been to nearly every one of them. Beautiful writing and yes! A miracle indeed!
Kerry! I completely forgot about Johnny Bench! My grandparents lived on Keller Bend and our parents had moved us when I was 7 from their land to a subdivision in Blount County, so I saw Johnny Bench every Sunday on the way home from Sunday dinner! I am so glad Flannery is reading you! And so happy for your friend.
Also, Anne, my friend who is like a sister to me, and I grew up on opposite sides of town, but we both found out years later that we assumed that some day we would be put there and allowed to read and look out the window all day :)
I haven't yet had a moment to sit down, take a breath, and read the whole piece you wrote... I'll get back to it very soon. But damn it! In the meantime, I can't stop singing, running on a loop in my head "... supper's over and breakfast's cookin', old Dumb Fucker stands there lookin'.".
I love this so much! I don’t know any of them but you made me smile, laugh and feel like I do know them. I also love the Knoxville locations as I have been to nearly every one of them. Beautiful writing and yes! A miracle indeed!
Thank you dear Gary❤️
Kerry! I completely forgot about Johnny Bench! My grandparents lived on Keller Bend and our parents had moved us when I was 7 from their land to a subdivision in Blount County, so I saw Johnny Bench every Sunday on the way home from Sunday dinner! I am so glad Flannery is reading you! And so happy for your friend.
Did you call him Johnny Bench too? Thank you dear Tracy xo
Also, Anne, my friend who is like a sister to me, and I grew up on opposite sides of town, but we both found out years later that we assumed that some day we would be put there and allowed to read and look out the window all day :)
Yes, we did!
I remember Johnny Bench also
Do you? Wow. Thanks for telling me - it feels like a dream the image of him.
I haven't yet had a moment to sit down, take a breath, and read the whole piece you wrote... I'll get back to it very soon. But damn it! In the meantime, I can't stop singing, running on a loop in my head "... supper's over and breakfast's cookin', old Dumb Fucker stands there lookin'.".
Aw, thanks so much...
wow!!