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Terry Ringler, a.k.a. TRASH RIOT, is originally from Philadelphia and now lives in Maryland. His wife started making collages as a hobby about 10 years ago and got Terry interested in the technique, which is sometimes cut and paste, but mostly digital. The online business evolved as people wanted to know where they could buy Terry’s work! Terry credits the success of his shops on Redbubble and Society6 for pushing him as an entrepreneur and an artist. “So you never know where your hobby is going to take you,” says Terry. “In the end, you really have to enjoy what you’re doing. Or find something else to do with your time.”

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Staff picks

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flying back in time on vintage day

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Artist profile: mary Chrzanowski

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Outdoors: fishing legacy

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Doc Holliday beer, wine & arts festival - uniting georgia brewers and aficionados for 7 years (20) getting the perfect shot with gA nature photographers association (26) paparazZI

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architecture: Jackson’s carmichael house and hawkes children’s library (31) kitchen table w/nicole silva

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biography: lucy thomas

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home alone

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movie review: Best of enemies

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Pet photography with a purpose

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each State Aerodrome is nestled on a swath of clear, hilly land in Williamson, Georgia. The small local airport hosts lots of events, and they tend to pick the days with the best flying weather when they want to attract a crowd. The interesting thing is, at Peach State Aerodrome many of the aircraft taking off to play among the clouds are vintage—functioning antiques. That’s because the airport shares its space with an operating museum, Candler Field Museum. The aircraft, land vehicles, and other artifacts on display can still perform the functions for which they were designed. Owner Ron Alexander modeled the development of Peach State Aerodrome after the original Candler Field, which eventually became Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Ron’s passion for the days of aviation’s infancy burns brighter than ever, truly shining through on Vintage Day, one of Candler Field’s most unique events.

Since 2005, Candler Field Museum has been hosting Vintage Day, an annual event that takes attendees all the way back to the bustle and excitement of the Roaring Twenties. Vintage Day is hosted on the first Saturday in June (June 4 this year), and every year visitors experience a day of nostalgic wonder and entertainment.

Festivities begin with the landing of Candler Field’s most recognizable artifact: an enormous, shiny Douglas DC-3 Airliner. After the arrival of the DC-3 (often followed by the disembarkation of the day’s special musical guests), the vintage aircraft at Candler Field take to the skies in a parade of flight. The crowd gathers at the side of Peach State’s grass airstrip to watch each plane go by as an announcer describes its features and functions.

From there, the day unfolds at a relaxed pace. Attendees are treated to live, period-friendly music, local vendors tend booths loaded with handmade goods, and games are held for kids and adults alike to enjoy. Working vintage cars are on display, and other vintage vehicles are brought in by locals and volunteers for guests to admire. Fairstyle food is served all day, with a blue plate special from Barnstormer’s Grill available at lunch. The Candler Field Women’s Auxiliary provides cakes for the cake walk and hosts a bake sale. The raffle is also an annual favorite, and popular prizes include unique antiques and vintage items.

Events also include re-creations from civil aviation’s youth. Doug Davis, one of the founders of the original Atlanta airport, had a contract with the Curtiss Candy Company in which Davis’s planes would drop Baby Ruth candy bars over schools as an advertisement. Ron likes to have a candy drop of his own—every year, planes drop Baby Ruth candy bars with streamers attached onto the airfield for kids to run out and pick up. This year, the candy drop will be an extra-special treat: the plane used will be one of Candler Field’s most prized artifacts, an almost century-old working Curtiss Jenny biplane. continued on p. 10

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continued from pg. 7 Vintage Day represents something greater than well-maintained antique aircraft. The dedication of the volunteers, aviators, and museum staff brings the spirit of early aviation back to life for a short time each year. Visitors are spellbound—just as crowds in the 1920s were—by the beauty and grace of the aircraft, and it’s easy to see why Ron and his team are so passionate about keeping interest in aviation history alive. Candler Field Museum is a unique and valuable resource to have nearby, and Vintage Day is a perfect example of how much fun it can be to visit the past.

See more related photos and content at kitchendrawer.net. To learn more about the history of Peach State Aerodrome and Candler Field, read “Candler Field Revisited” in Volume 1, Issue 1 in our online archive.

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By Ashley Callahan

Mary Chrzanowski has had what some would call an early, fortuitous selfdiscovery. While many of her peers are babysitting, mowing lawns, and working part-time jobs, she’s stumbled into a field of work that is inspiring her thinking around a future career.

It began simply enough with an assignment created by her Spalding High School art instructor, Laurie Eurich. “I had to pick a subject and narrow it down for a series in my class,” Chrzanowski recalls. “I hadn’t worked with animals before. I loved history a lot. I told my teacher I wanted to paint historical figures as the animals I thought they looked like.” Eurich, whom Chrzanowski describes as a second mom, agreed to the request.

The 17-year-old started with a vision of U.S. President George Washington. Playing off the legend that Mr. Washington had a mouth full of

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wooden teeth, she made him into a beaver. Studying portraits of Marie Antoinette, who is often depicted with a long, elegant neck, inspired an animal doppelganger of a giraffe. And then there is Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai, a modern-day hero recognized as a Nobel Prize laureate for defending women’s rights to education. Chrzanowski incorporated bold pinks and greens as she envisioned Yousafzai as a barn owl, both for her features and as a symbolic nod to her unusually advanced wisdom.

It was during this creative exercise in fashioning human-inspired animal portraits that Chrzanowski realized she was enjoying it. That passion, paired with a proud mother’s social media posts, turned into an income source. “My mother puts everything on Facebook,” laughs Chrzanowski.

“So every time I finished them, she would put them on her page.”

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But Chrzanowski’s artistic abilities weren’t of the variety only mother Erin King could love. When a coworker of King’s saw the Facebook animal portraits, she offered Chrzanowski her first commission, a portrait of a beloved pet dog. It was the first of many commissions the talented young artist has since received.

That original commission took her a full week. But as she’s received more requests for her pet depictions, she says the initial pressure has worn off and she’s moving more quickly to meet a newly found demand for her work.

So where did this skill originate? Chrzanowski will tell you she comes by it honestly, but that in her family, painting is uniquely her own.

“I’m the only artist in my four-person unit,” she says, though she does credit her dad, a musician, with being a source of creative inspiration. Looking back on her childhood, she remembers always being inside as a kid who preferred to spend her time reading and drawing. She’s quick to point out that she was always thoughtful in selecting her medium: “I didn’t draw on anything I wasn’t supposed to.” But any blank sheet of paper was fair game.

THE 17-YEAR-OLD STARTED WITH A VISION

Today her medium of choice is watercolor. While Chrzanowski didn’t begin experimenting with it until her sophomore year, it was an immediate fit. Much like her self-described outgoing and loud personality, she likes that watercolor is quick to work with and allows for a palette of bold, vibrant hues. While she describes her paintings as realistic in nature, she likes incorporating different, and at times specific, colors into her work. A recent example she references is a dog with purple and blue hues. “I liked bringing out those colors and features in his body.”

OF U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON. PLAYING OFF THE LEGEND THAT MR. WASHINGTON HAD A MOUTH FULL OF WOODEN TEETH, SHE MADE HIM INTO A BEAVER. STUDYING PORTRAITS OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, WHO IS OFTEN DEPICTED WITH A LONG, ELEGANT NECK, INSPIRED AN ANIMAL DOPPELGANGER OF A GIRAFFE. But more than a creative outlet, Chrzanowski has found art as a channel connecting her with her past. Citing her Polish last name of Chrzanowski as “complicated,” she’s electing to sign her paintings as “M. Callan” in tribute to her Irish maternal grandmother.

“My grandmother always wanted me to go by Mary Callan because of how Irish she is. She got me into history, which was the original inspiration for my painting portraits,” says Chrzanowski.

“I sign my pieces ‘M. Callan’ so that I can have something she can appreciate other than my art.”

Mary Chrzanowski (or Mary Callan) has been accepted to attend college in the fall at the University of Georgia as well as Georgia State University. While she hasn’t determined whether her path will take her to Athens or Atlanta just yet, she predicts a major in marketing with a minor in studio art, because “I don’t want to struggle to make a living as an artist right now.”

With mom as her broker, it seems the struggle right now is to keep up with the demand she’s created around town. She says it’s all for a good cause, though; she’s saving the money she makes from her paintings to help out with her future college expenses.

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ll of us who love the outdoors and outdoor activities like hunting and fishing have someone, or many people, in our past who molded that passion. Often a parent, grandparent, or someone else in our family took us hunting and fishing as we were growing up and instilled their love of these pastimes in us, but sometimes friends or other people outside of our families did the same.

My mother and her mother both loved fishing. They could sit by a pond on lard buckets and watch a cork for hours. Some of my earliest memories are of following one or both of them to a local pond with our cane poles, hoping to catch anything that would bite.

The first bass I ever caught was while fishing with Mom at a local pond. We were down below the dam, fishing the pool of water at the spillway. When my cork went under and I raised my pole, I expected the circling pull of a bream or the tugging toward the bottom of a catfish. Instead, a 10-inch bass jumped out of the water several times. I was instantly hooked on bass fishing.

Two of my uncles took me fishing some when I was a kid, and both of them loved bass fishing. I spent hours with them in jon boats on local ponds, throwing rubber worms and topwater plugs. They taught me where to cast and how to scull a boat, slowly easing around the bank with a paddle, before I ever saw an electric trolling motor.

FISHING LEGACY

By Ronnie Garrison

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I moved to Griffin in 1972 and met Jim Berry. When I bought my first bass boat in 1974, he invited me to join the Spalding County Sportsman’s Club, and my first tournament ever was with that club in April 1974—42 years ago.

I have not missed many tournaments since that one.

The Sportsman’s Club was formed in the 1950s, and they did a little of everything—from hunting game and doves in Pike County to going fishing on big lakes and camping for the weekend. And it was something of a family affair. In our tournaments there were many father/son fishing pairs as well as long-term friends and business partners.

In my first tournament, we camped as a group at Mistletoe State Park. Back then, the tournament director carried two big boards and the results were written on them each day. The next year, when I became secretary/treasurer of the club, a job I have held almost every year since then, the boards were given to me. We quit using them after the Clarks Hill tournament in 1974, and the results of that tournament are still on there.

I have those boards stored in my barn.

You can barely make out the names: Emmett Piland, Vance Sharp, Kenneth Hattaway, Paul Varnadoe and others who were in “A” division. In those days, we competed in two divisions based on how many tournament points we had. I was in “B” division in my first tournament.

Emmett, Vance, Kenneth, and Paul all taught me a lot about bass fishing over the next few years. Emmett and I went fishing a lot, and he showed me good fishing places on big lakes and how to catch bass on a crankbait. Paul Varnadoe fished the professional trails and shared a lot of tips with me.

On the first day of that tournament in 1983, I caught a lot of bass on the riprap on a 1/16-ounce slider head with a four-inch worm on it. I caught more than 20 small keepers in the first three hours, then ran up the river and landed a five-pound kicker on a Shad Rap, a plug that had just come on the market. I was in sixth place out of 540 fishermen after day one!

That night at the motel I was saying maybe I should run up the river the first thing the next day to catch bigger fish. Kenneth looked at me and said, “How many bass did you catch on the riprap, and how many bites did you get up the river?”

Vance Sharp, who owned the local jewelry store now run by his son, Tony, was an expert with a depthfinder.

Tony built a depthfinder from a kit for Vance before most fishermen had ever heard of them, and Vance used it for many years. He could ride over a point or dropoff staring at that depthfinder and suddenly throw out a marker, telling us to cast right there. And we caught fish almost every time!

When I told him that I got only one bite up the river in four hours, he said, “Boy, you stay on that riprap until you have a limit tomorrow!”

I remember when Kenneth and I were fishing at Eufaula and he taught me how to make an underhand circle cast to quickly cover water with a spinnerbait, but it was his advice at a Top Six tournament that was invaluable, and I still go by it.

Those fish moved me to fourth place in the tournament. All the people I talked with who had fished the river never got a bite. Kenneth taught me to stay on a pattern that was working, and I still fish that way.

The next morning, I quickly caught three on the riprap, but then they quit biting. I was torn. Wanting to go up the river but remembering Kenneth’s advice, I stayed on the riprap. At noon I caught five keepers on five consecutive casts.

Remember and honor the people in your past who taught you about the outdoors. They have made us what we are.

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When you think of “manufacturing,” chances are you imagine big steel machines, conveyor belts, stainless steel pipes running to giant vats or tall containers on a production floor. That’s a fair picture of most industries. Even in smaller operations, the soul of the business isn’t on the sterile production floor—it’s in the offices across town or in another state altogether.

If you’ve ever been in one of Georgia’s more than 40 craft breweries, however, there’s an entirely different environment. Often comfortably nestled in historic buildings, the fermentation chambers, bottling lines, and

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DHBF’s David Fountain and Jailhouse Brewing’s Glenn Golden catching up during our recent brewery tour

mash tuns of Georgia’s craft beer industry are lovingly filled, emptied, and cleaned by the owners of the businesses themselves. (The best part of a brewery tour is talking to the artisans who actually make the beer about the product and their craft.) Real craftspeople bustle about, focused on making the next

batch of beer as perfect as the last, carrying purpose-made implements and opening big vats to check on the fragrant, fermenting liquid inside. The heart of a craft brewery is right on the production floor, and the experience inspires a respect for beer as more than consumer product.

Visiting a craft brewery means steeping in the spirit behind your favorite local beers. It also means enjoying

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Alcohol in Georgia is distributed via the “three tier” system. Tier one are the producers, the breweries that manufacture the beer. Breweries can’t sell beer directly to retailers or consumers, either for on-site or offsite consumption (there are sanctioned ways around this, making the system a little more confused and frustrating). Tier two are the distribu-

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tors. They buy the beer, mark it up, and sell it to the people in tier three.

Tier three are the retailers. Retailers have to buy their alcohol through a distributor they can’t buy it straight from the producers.

The three-tier system directly affects the viability and creativity of craft breweries, which can not legally sell beer directly to their consumers.

This is how it works in Georgia: You pay for a brewery tour that includes a fixed amount of free sample beer. The si e and kind of sample the brewery is allowed to give depends on how the legislature looks at the time that you have your visit, but they’ve ranged from a 72 oz. sixpack take-home souvenir to a o maximum to drink on-premise. f that sounds hazy, it’s because even legis-

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a little of the product itself but the amount that you get to enjoy, the way you pay, and whether or not you can bring some home with you isn’t dictated by the people responsible for its creation. eorgia is one of five states that won’t allow on-site sales at breweries, and despite the popularity of craft beer in Georgia the industry isn’t nearly as profitable as it is in other states.

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lators can’t be exactly sure of what’s appropriate. reweries spend time and money investing in ways to package their product for post-tour souvenirs, only to be told three months later that they can no longer give away that specific amount of beer.

All of these restrictions mean one thing: breweries often can’t justify opening a taproom - depriving them of the crucial revenue stream that out-of-state breweries lean on for real growth. According to Creature Comforts Brewing’s Adam eauchamp, These laws make the average brewery in Georgia two and a half times less profitable than in other states.” Adam also bemoans the situation for the consumer. Tour prices cannot be modified to reflect the amount of beer you get if you ust

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want a tour you pay the same price as someone who just wants the maximum amount of “free” beer. “Our brewery ‘tour’ situation is extremely convoluted and confusing to our patrons because of the illogical regulations we are forced to follow,” he says.

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pening, operating, and especially growing a small brewery is difficult in Georgia. States as close as North Carolina don’t have such laws, and that means more breweries open in or move to other states, taking revenue, obs, and tourism opportunities with them. Most Georgia breweries have to be extremely selective about where they spend their money, so innovation is slower, there are fewer ob openings in eorgia breweries, and there are fewer breweries overall. ocal breweries also promote tourism, but even more important than the revenue they create is the opportunity to visit people who are truly passionate about the product they make.

Returning for its seventh year on Saturday, May 21, the Doc Holliday Beer, Wine & Arts Festival celebrates this passion for craftsmanship and raises awareness for the business of craft brewing, as it brings Georgia breweries together with old fans and new to enjoy a day of music, tastings, and interaction. Local breweries like ailhouse in ampton get to catch up with locals who may not yet have paid a visit to the nearby facility. ost of the breweries are from elsewhere in the state, though, and they’re connecting with craft beer fans to raise awareness for their uni ue products and for the growing business of craft brewing.

craft beer in Georgia, while listening to live music, eating great food, and contributing to a worthy cause. This year’s proceeds will benefit amp outhern round, the passion pro ect of Grammy Award-winning artist Zac rown. amp outhern round is the manifestation of Zac’s dream for children of all abilities, races, religions, and socioeconomic backgrounds to have the opportunity to experience the magic of the outdoors. Returning this year will be the Hootin’ Hollerin’ Mustache Contest and its illustrious trophy (handmade by local artist Ryan Ross). ‘Stache Studio will also be hosting the DHBF’s second annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest. And, of course, you’ll get to select samples from more than craft beers, seasonal wines, and ciders from all across Georgia!

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So come out to The Park at 6th on May 21, and enjoy a few beers with us and the people who make festivals like these possible (you know, the brewers). Local vendors and craftspeople will be among the tents, earl Bottom Radio will be our live musical guest, and it’ll be a blast for everyone that attends, whether you’re sampling brews or not. Visit BeerWineArt.com for tickets and more info.

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n a brisk fall morning, the grass still wet with morning dew, Walter Swett crouches and waits.

He sits poised with his finger on the shutter release of his camera, surveying the scenery of the Newman Wetlands in Hampton. The sun is making its ascent, the morning fog is beginning to clear over the water, and then it happens—the click, click, click as he presses the button to forever capture the beauty of a crane landing in the reeds.

As a member of the Central Georgia chapter of the Georgia Nature Photographers Association, Swett and 45 other members gather regularly for monthly meetings, educational workshops, and photography field trips where they can hone their skills and practice their craft.

“Growing up in New Hampshire, I have always loved the outdoors,” said Swett. “It only made sense that my passion for photography and nature would collide. As a member of the GNPA, I enjoy spending time with other people whose interests align with mine while learning additional skills to perfect the art of photographing plants and animals.”

Local professional and amateur photographers who are interested in networking with other photography enthusiasts are encouraged to join the Central Georgia chapter of the Association. The monthly meetings offer great opportunities to exchange tips and tricks. The chapter has also held classes on post-processing and hosted a number of speaker series on a variety of subjects including composition, camera settings and techniques, how to plan a photo safari, and how to critique photos.

Jim Bitrick, chair of the Central Georgia chapter, says, “We represent all levels of photographer, from advanced to beginner. Our members have a great depth of knowledge that we are always willing to share. We enjoy sharing knowledge with each other as well as with new members.”

In 2008, Chris Dekle began working with the Carolina Nature Photographers Association to build a similar organization in Georgia. The GNPA was officially launched on January 27, 2009 and, today, has six chapters that cover the different regions of the state and hundreds of members. The Association sponsors two to three contests each year and an Annual Expo, an educational seminar that features speakers, workshops, and the organization’s largest photography contest. The 2016 Annual Expo will be held in Jekyll Island April 7-10.

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rchitecture

By Drew Todd and Drew Payne As anyone who has made the trek from Coweta to Butts can vouch, the Southern Crescent region’s Highway 16 corridor is an area particularly endowed with intact historic buildings. Moving eastward along this route, a traveler would first encounter Newnan, the self-proclaimed “City of Homes,” filled with towering, restored, lived-in Victorian-era mansions; some 20 miles later, they would find Senoia’s fully revitalized downtown and its decades-old infrastructure, a thriving commercial hub and key location for metro Atlanta’s growing movie and television industry; Griffin would be next, with grand homes and downtown district built during its milltown heyday still very much in use; last they would come to Jackson, a charming old burg and home to a residential district with more splendid elegance than any new, prefab, mass-produced McMansion could ever have.

Jackson, the county seat of Butts County, just 19 miles from Griffin proper, has done well to maintain much of its character. Jackson’s downtown area is a mix of historic buildings and new development, all alongside a residential area that stretches into all directions from the city’s central square. In addition to its well-preserved structures, Jackson, like other towns of similar age and size, has some properties that are endangered and at risk of being lost. Two of these, the Carmichael House and the Hawkes Library for Children, are now set to be restored, using both private and public partnerships. These two buildings, with very divergent pasts, are representative of the benefits of preservation and its role in development. Jackson, with these two projects, provides a microcosmic perspective of how existing historic infrastructure may be used to fuel both economic and cultural growth.

The Carmichael House, just west of Jackson’s downtown square, looms large in Jackson, both physically and in the fabric of the city’s past. Built in the late 1890s by John Carmichael, owner of the Carmichael Buggy Company, this mansion was a showplace. It was designed in the Queen Anne style by prestigious Atlanta architectural firm Bruce and Morgan for the well-heeled businessman and his family. Mr. Carmichael truly spared no expense, commissioning stained glass for 11 windows; customized, highly-detailed mantels for each of his home’s eight fireplaces; and the finest details and finishes. However, the march of time slowly took a toll on the house, and its condition has ebbed and flowed between states of pristine care and disrepair.

Most recently occupied four years ago, the Carmichael House has now been purchased by Karen and Gale Garrett, who have begun a

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loving, careful renovation within the past several months. The Garretts, who have restored a dozen homes, plan to open the Carmichael House for events sometime in 2016. Along with renovating the home, which has the capacity to host 75 to 100 people, the Garretts are in the process of adding an event hall that will blend in with the property’s architectural style and will be able to accommodate upwards of 250 visitors for parties of all kinds. With this inflow of private investment, the Carmichael House is experiencing an innovative rebirth that looks towards the future, with the past firmly in mind.

Also in Jackson, the Hawkes Children’s Library building has been a source of concern for preservationists for many years. Like the Hawkes Library in Griffin, it was created to promote literacy and reading for children by turn-of-the-century philanthropist Albert King Hawkes.

Jackson’s version, thought to have been designed by the renowned Atlanta architect Neel Reid, is smaller than Griffin’s, but no less impressive, and no less an important part of its town, serving as a library for 70 years, until the early 1990s. For some time thereafter, the building was used for government offices but has been empty since 2007, and since then its

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condition has worsened substantially.

In 2014, days from demolition, the city stepped in, bought the library, and stabilized its exterior. Now city officials have asked a group of locals, the Friends of the Hawkes Library, to promote the property’s preservation.

So far, they have succeeded in securing a Georgia Trust Places in Peril designation and also a $1,000 donation from United Bank. Momentum is gathering to preserve this deserving site and to maintain its usefulness for years to come.

Pippin, playing “a major role in redevelopment [especially] for certain businesses—bookstores, restaurants, pubs, and other small, local enterprises—that tend to thrive in old buildings.” The end game for preservationists is not for a building to simply remain, getting older but serving no greater purpose. The goal, rather, is to use the past as a building block to the future.

Though varied in vision and scale, these two projects demonstrate a common belief that preservation and progress do not have to be mutually exclusive. Jackson’s mayor, Kay Pippin, sees these types of restoration opportunities as an important part of the city’s projected growth, saying that “Stately old buildings add character to our landscape and give cities a sense of permanency and heritage.” The benefit of preserving and using these buildings is that a town can maintain some of its local color while also, according to Mayor

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Kitchen Table with Nicole Silva | photos by Michelle Cobb

As a kindergarten teacher, Girl Scout troop leader, wife, and mother to three girls, Nicole Silva of Hampton spends most of her days surrounded by children. She loves to whip up colorful, inventive, and kid-friendly treats that everyone can enjoy. This past December she competed on ABC’s The Great Holiday Baking Show,

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COOKIES 1 cup salted butter at room temperature 1 cup granulated sugar ½ cup light brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 tsp vanilla bean paste 2 tsp lemon extract Zest of 1 lemon 2¾ cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp cream of tartar 1 tsp baking soda COATING ⅓ cup turbinado sugar (sugar in the raw) for rolling ½ lemon (optional)

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where she made it all the way to the finals with her chic southern twist on traditional recipes. Nicole is also the owner of Crumbles

by Nicole, where she is most known for her cute, decorative, and delicious cookies. For more information and recipes, visit her website, crumblesbynicole.com.

Cream the butter and the white and brown sugars with a mixer (hand or stand, either mixer will work). Add the eggs, vanilla, lemon extract, and lemon zest and mix until combined. Add the flour, cream of tartar, and baking soda. Mix until a dough forms. Scoop the dough out using a small cookie scoop or a tablespoon. Roll the balls of dough in the turbinado sugar to coat (or use lemon sugar, see optional step below).

Optional: For a tangier lemon flavor, make lemon sugar ahead of time by placing the sugar and lemon half together in a covered container, making sure the cut side of the lemon is on top of the sugar. Let sugar and lemon half sit in the bowl for a couple of hours covered, shaking the bowl occasionally. Then open the bowl, take out the lemon half, and leave the bowl uncovered until the sugar is dry to the touch.

Place the balls on an ungreased parchment-lined cookie sheet about two inches apart, flatten them with the back of a spoon, and bake 8-10 minutes at 350°.

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GLUTEN-FREE FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE (Makes 8-10 servings) CAKE ½ cup salted butter 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips ¾ cup sugar 1 tsp espresso powder ½ cup Hershey’s Special Dark unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla 3 large eggs Baker’s Joy spray (like Pam with added flour to prevent sticking)

GANACHE TOPPING ¼ cup heavy cream 1 cup milk chocolate chips Fresh strawberries and additional chocolate for dipping strawberries

Spray an 8” cake pan with Bakers Joy. Line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper cut to fit inside the pan, and then spray the paper with Baker’s Joy as well. Melt the butter and semisweet chocolate chips in the microwave (45 seconds-one minute) and stir together. Stir the sugar, espresso powder, cocoa powder, and vanilla into the chocolate/butter mixture. Add the eggs one at a time until incorporated.

Transfer cake mixture to the greased pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes at 375°. Let cake cool completely before adding the Ganache. To remove cake from pan, slide a knife around the edge of the pan and flip the cake over onto a plate. Peel off the parchment.

To make the Ganache, warm the heavy cream in the microwave for 45 seconds. Add the milk chocolate chips and let it sit undisturbed for one minute. Stir to mix, cover, and let Ganache come to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Once the Ganache and cake are both cooled, ice the cake and top with fresh strawberries or strawberries dipped in chocolate.

EASY STRAWBERRY LEMONADE WHOOPIE PIES Makes 24-30 cookies, enough for 12-15 pies

COOKIES 1 box strawberry cake mix ⅓ cup buttermilk 3 Tbsp melted butter 2 eggs

LEMON BUTTERCREAM FILLING ½ cup (1 stick) salted butter at room temperature 2 cups powdered sugar 2 tsp lemon juice 2 Tbsp heavy cream 1 tsp vanilla Lemon-yellow food coloring (optional)

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To make the cookies, mix the ingredients together by hand or with a mixer. Let mixture sit for five minutes to thicken. Using a small cookie scoop or tablespoon, drop balls of dough two inches apart on a parchment-lined cookie sheet.

Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes. Let the cookies cool completely before filling.

For the filling, using a mixer, cream the butter and sugar until combined. Add lemon juice, heavy cream, vanilla, and a couple of drops of food coloring and whip until light and fluffy. Pipe or scoop about a tablespoon of filling on flat sides of half of the cookies and top with remaining cookies.

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Home Alone

By Allison Smyly A few weeks ago, I had the house all to myself.

My husband and three teenage daughters stayed with the girls’ grandparents in Smyrna while I went home to try to untangle our health insurance options.

Being home alone was great, for sure. After spending a few hours muttering over health insurance websites, I was able to take a long, leisurely bath (with plenty of hot water, for once), read my favorite author (Dave Barry), and then drift off to sleep without waiting to make sure everyone had made it home safely.

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notably, of an afternoon in 2004, when my fiveyear-old and three-year-old were fighting and my youngest would NOT settle down for a nap. I finally just piled everyone into the car, strapped them into their car seats, and drove randomly around the community until they all fell asleep. I then drove back home, pulled into our driveway, and took a nap too, right there in the car.

My evening alone was nice, but at the same time, I couldn’t help being a little sad, too, because I can foresee a day in the not-too-distant future when every evening has the potential to be quiet like that… too quiet, as they say in the old Westerns.

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the other, preparing to once again clean tiny fingerprints off the glass.

It hit me in that moment that a day would come when I wouldn’t have to clean those little smudges.

Sure enough, the fingerprints climbed higher on the window over the years (I didn’t do a great job of teaching my girls not to touch the glass), but one day they disappeared. They finally learned.

Not too long ago, most of our laundry was pink. Now, it’s mostly navy blue and black.

It has been a long time since I’ve rumbled through the grocery store pushing one of those cumbersome, lumbering car carts. I’ve been pushing a regular-sized cart for a while, and since my girls are not at home as often as they used to be, I’ve even been able to get a small cart a few times. These days, instead of fighting over who gets to sit in the “car” part of the cart and who has to walk alongside, now they’re arguing over who gets to drive the actual car. One day, all my groceries might even fit into one of the handheld baskets, but I’m not especially looking forward to that.

Although I am sometimes in awe of the size of our grocery bill, I know it’s good for me to “have” to cook supper every night, and though I occasionally grumble about it, there’s even something special about helping the girls pack their lunches every morning at 6:45 a.m. Whatever creativity I can lend to the process is a small way to impact their day and connect with them at lunchtime.

Over the years, the book bags on the bench by the glass door have gotten heavier, and I know

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that one day, the book bags, like the fingerprints, will be gone.

The older my daughters (and I) get, the more time seems to pass as it does in the movies—with the pages of the calendar being blown by the wind, turning faster and faster. It seems that one day we were finger painting and having tea parties on the picnic table outside, and the next, I was driving them to the SAT. For now, we still have our share of chaos and noise. Sometimes we have one daughter playing piano in the living room, another playing the trumpet in a different room, and another playing her sound system upstairs. During marching band season, I love to hear my two oldest girls chattering about the day’s events in the trumpet section. I enjoy listening to all of them quizzing each other on academic subjects I haven’t had to think about for decades. As I type this, I’m listening to the shrill tootling of my youngest daughter playing the recorder, even though it’s almost 11 p.m. I didn’t even mind rooting around in the garage a couple of hours ago to find the materials to build a model water tower, which is naturally due tomorrow, and which is why we’re still awake at almost 11 p.m.

I’m going to miss having an excuse to ride the Wile E. Coyote Canyon Blaster, play Frisbee in the back yard, and watch old episodes of Monk. Not too long ago, my youngest convinced me to (finally) read Harry Potter, and I’m really glad she did. When my kids go off to college, I’ll miss having them there to talk me into things I wouldn’t normally do, like ziplining and climbing the rock-climbing wall at The Rock Ranch.

So for now, I’ll savor my not-yetempty nest: the last-minute trips to the office supply store to buy materials for projects that are due tomorrow, three kinds of music coming from three different rooms, my regular-sized grocery cart and hefty grocery bill, and even bleary-eyed lunch packing at 6:45 a.m. The time to read novels and take long baths in a quiet house will come soon enough.

My evening alone was nice, but at the same time, I couldn’t help being a little sad, too, because I can foresee a day in the nottoo-distant future when every evening has the potential to be quiet like that…...too quiet, as they say in the old Westerns.

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Movie Review

By Clark Douglas

Turn on any news network these days, and there’s a pretty decent chance that you’ll stumble across two ideologically opposed pundits arguing about politics. It’s a tried-and-true way of spicing up almost any news show: bring on two people who disagree with each other and have them bicker away while a moderator occasionally interjects to steer the conversation one way or another. More often than not, such conversations prove shrill and irritating, as the pundits merely shout over each other and repeat worn-out, predictable talking points.

The documentary Best of Enemies, however, offers a reminder that such exchanges can be riveting television when you’ve got a couple of smart people with unique minds in front of the camera. In 1968, ABC news decided that they would stage a series of debates between two pundits—one liberal, one conservative—which would air as the Republicans and Democrats were holding their exceptionally w w w. k it chendr aw er.net

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heated national conventions. The conservative perspective would be represented by William F. Buckley, Jr., founder of the prestigious conservative publication National Review. The liberal perspective would be represented by Gore Vidal, a writer and prominent cultural figure who had earned great acclaim as both an essayist and a novelist. Both men were intellectual titans, boasting quick wits, vast vocabularies, and a deep passion for their respective ideologies. Naturally, they hated each other.

fascinating to watch. These men hit each other with the sort of devastating off-the-cuff barbs that most pundits would struggle to conjure in the final draft of an essay. Their methods are different, but equally effective: Buckley takes Vidal’s assorted arguments and picks them apart piece by piece, while Vidal continually finds subtle ways to anger the easily outraged Buckley and make his opponent look flustered. One moment stands above the rest as a defining exchange, as words of ferocious, profane venom are permitted to fly Before digging into a great deal of riveting de- on national television. bate footage, Best of Enemies does a fine job of establishing precisely who these men were and what Today, we don’t see many people like Buckley or they represented. An ally of Barry Goldwater and Vidal having substantial debates on television...

Ronald Reagan, Buckley was a man who played not because they don’t exist, but because such blaa key role in helping to define what conservatism tantly erudite intellectualism is regarded with much would look like for the next few decades. Vidal was more suspicion than it used to be (there’s a pressure even more socially liberal than many of his Demo- on modern politicians and pundits to act more “recratic peers and had a tendency to look at Amerilatable,” which Buckley and Vidal certainly never ca through the lens of world history: as the country bothered with), and because the soundbite-driven continued to establish itself as a dominant military nature of modern TV news doesn’t often leave TV superpower, Vidal saw images of ancient Rome on personalities with much room to make an elegant, the verge of collapse. nuanced argument. With no-nonsense clarity, Best Regardless of which figure you happen to sym- of Enemies offers a look at political discourse that pathize with politically, the 10-part debate that feels familiar in its bitter divisiveness, but curiously unfolds (well, the pieces of it we see, anyway) is fresh in its eloquence.

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KD INTRODUCES OUR READERS TO JESSICA COBB, PET PHOTOGRAPHER, ANIMAL RESCUE VOLUNTEER, AND OWNER OF ZOOMIES PET SITTING.

How did you get involved in pet photography? Is this mostly volunteer work?

I first started taking pictures of my dog, who has always been an old soul. She is very patient and obedient, a willing subject I could practice on all the time…provided I had treats, of course! Several months after I picked up a camera, I got involved in a local dog rescue. I wanted to practice my photography skills while also providing pooches with better adoption photos than cell phone pictures through wire cages. Win-win! Being able to help adoptable dogs find their forever homes faster added a whole new joy and passion to my photography.

I do paid custom photo sessions for clients and their pets, but all of my rescue photography is on a volunteer basis. And while a lot of my photo sessions revolve around dogs, I also do sessions for cats, horses, and other pets. I have even photographed a mini pet pig. As long as it’s a beloved pet, I will photograph it!

Share about your involvement with photo shoots for senior and terminally ill dogs.

Having a senior or terminally ill pet can be very difficult.

Every pet owner has to go through it at some point, and it breaks your heart. I can’t stress enough to pet owners to please have someone take professional pictures of your “fur kids.” Professional photos to remember your precious pets by are a worthwhile investment, as memories do eventually start to fade.

I can’t tell you how many times a potential client has talked to me about doing a photo shoot of their pet but put it off until too late. Others have only blurry, red-eyed photos of their beautiful pet that just don’t convey the personality and spirit of the animal they loved so much.

I always make these sessions top priority. We do whatever is most comfortable and relaxing for both pet and owner. The emotions that are captured at these sessions are amazing and are felt by everyone involved. These are

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the hardest shoots for me but are also some of the most rewarding. I always feel deeply honored to meet these amazing animals, to see the connection they have with their owners, and to be able to make those moments freeze forever.

Tell us about your involvement in dog rescue, including photography of adoptable dogs.

My camera was really the catalyst for my passion and heart for dog rescue. I have always been an animal lover, but I am especially crazy about dogs. After I started volunteering as an adoption counselor and dog handler, the camera came into play, and I got a lot more involved as the organization’s photographer. From adoption photos to events and fundraisers, photography really helped turn my volunteer efforts into a true passion for dog rescue. That was eight years ago, when I volunteered with my first rescue group in Florida. Since then, we moved to Pennsylvania for three years, where I volunteered at the local SPCA, and now I volunteer here in Georgia with the Dolly Goodpuppy Society in Barnesville. I have been peed on, loved, bitten, kissed, and cuddled by rescue dogs. There are times of heartbreak, sadness, and frustration, but there are also times of pure joy, entertainment, and laughter. Volunteering or working in rescue can be tough, but it’s also the most rewarding thing I have ever done. I will always continue to do so, no matter where I live.

Please share any special success stories.

Just last year, a dog made a temporary home on porches a few streets away in my very own neighborhood. I first saw a picture of his sweet face posted to a local Facebook group asking if anyone knew about him or could help him. I reached out, and with the support of the Dolly Goodpuppy Society, we took in this sweet pooch.

He had an abscessed tooth, BB pellets under his skin, and his back leg had been irreparably fractured and had to be amputated. We named him Gunner. Despite the obviously tough life he had led, he had loads of love to give and an insane amount of trust.

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I decided I would foster Gunner through his surgery and recovery until his forever person came to scoop him up. He was the sweetest, most patient, most relaxed cuddle bug of a dog I think I have ever met. The first day we brought him into our house, he walked in, let our dogs sniff him, and then went and lay down next to the couch like he had always been here. I had so much fun photographing him during his stay with us, and a lot of the photos were posted to the rescue’s Facebook page. His story and photos caught the attention of a lady who lived a few hours away. She drove down to meet him and fell head over heels in love. She had been searching for a dog for a long time, and when she saw his picture, she said, “That’s my dog,” and knew she had to have him in her life. They are truly a perfect match. His new mom texts me pictures of him taking hikes at his favorite trails, playing in the creek, riding on the boat, buried under a pile of dog toys, and cuddling with his mom. He is a huge hit with the kids in the neighborhood. They even gave her a picture they had drawn of him—a dog with three legs that said “We love you, Gunner.”

What sorts of fundraisers and outreaches have you photographed?

I have had the privilege of using my photography to aid in fundraising efforts and to promote community awareness regarding animal issues. Photography is such a powerful visual tool, and it speaks volumes that words sometimes can’t convey. Several times, I have done special photo sessions for dogs that have been removed from abusive/neglectful situations, allowing people to see the animal’s beautiful spirit through photos. These have often resulted in adoptions and donations for medical costs and other expenses.

While living in Pennsylvania, I had a wonderful time collaborating with the local SPCA and the local hockey team to do photography for a calendar highlighting the players with dogs. These calendars were sold, and all proceeds went to the local shelter.

Most recently, I have been volunteering with Operation STRAW (Successful Trips Rendering Animals Warm), whose mission is to help outdoor animals survive the frigid winter conditions by providing proper doghouses and straw. They also help owners provide food for the animals. This much-needed outreach has been very well received in our community. There really is no better feeling than seeing a dog run right into its new doghouse and burrow down in the warm straw. Again, photos make such a big impact in helping donors see how their contributions have helped and in encouraging others to donate and participate in a worthwhile cause.

Tell us about Zoomies.

My pet-sitting business began when we lived in Pennsylvania three years ago. I had always wanted to be able to make a living doing what I love, which is being around animals. The opportunity came when we were unable to find any service in our area to help us out with our own dogs while we both worked full time. I hated the job that I was in, and my husband, knowing I was miserable, told me to quit and start my own pet-sitting business. Without knowing if it would be successful or not, I did, and what do you know? It was a much-needed service and grew very quickly. We have been back in Griffin for a year now, and I have continued my pet-sitting business, now known as Zoomies, and am finding that pet owners are in need of the same type of service in this area.

CLIENTS SHARE WHAT JESSICA’S PET PHOTOGRAPHY MEANS TO THEM: In June 2014, our family dog Louie was diagnosed with cancer. We did everything possible to treat him and give him the best few months of his life. We were given the gift of a photo session with Jessica. I was not sure how it was going to be with Louie being sick. He was the type of dog that was not very friendly toward strangers; we could never let him off the leash.

Jessica had a way with Louie so that he would sit still for her without our holding onto the leash every moment. She was able to capture lifetime photos and memories of Louie and my son Brendan together that I never could have dreamed of. We have Jessica to thank for giving us these pictures of Louie and the biggest smile a pit bull could have. DOREEN G.

Alli was a huge part of my life for over 13 years. When she was eight, I smiled at the gray hairs that appeared on her muzzle and the backs of her ears. As she grew older and her face whiter, her health and mobility began to decline. When she was 11, she showed signs of degenerative myelopathy, a devastating neurological disorder that affects muscle function. Within a year, she was unable to use her back legs. Through it all, she 56

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never lost her spunky personality and friendly demeanor. I decided to celebrate her life and our bond with portraits in the summer of 2014.

A few short months later, I was facing the difficult decision to let her go. One of the most devastating aspects of owning a dog is knowing that they will only be a part of your life for a short time. The portraits reflect her zest for life despite her disability. They reflect a friendship and partnership that I will always cherish. Most important, they portray the quiet dignity and difficulties of aging as well as a level of trust and respect between two beings that can only be built through a lifetime of love and compassion. These amazing photographs ensure that these memories will never fade.”

APRIL E. It’s hard to come to the realization that your best friend can’t be with you always. But once you do, you also realize how important every moment you have with them truly is. The photo session with Jessica was really fun for our senior Great Dane, Mason. He was comfortable and really able to be himself. Because of that, I have beautiful pictures that really capture who he was. Every time I look at them, I am able to not just see him, but remember his spirit and his heart. I cannot put into words what that means to me. JULIE C.

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pet sitting and dog walking is a fully-insured, professional pet care service. Visits are done in the client’s home, where your pet is most comfortable and its routine won’t be disrupted. Services include midday dog walks, pet-sitting visits when owners are away, pet taxi, and even field trips for dogs to local parks and trails.

Counties served: Spalding County and nearby surrounding areas Operating hours: Visits are available seven days a week from morning to evening Facebook: Zoomies Pet-Sitting Website: zoomiespetsitting.com Email: Jessica@zoomiespetsitting.com Phone: 770.731.7897

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Our print calender may be discontinued, but these pups still need good homes!

The dogs on this page are available for adoption through Dolly Goodpuppy Society out of Barnesville, GA. For more information visit dollygoodpuppy. org or email dollygoodpuppy@gmail.com. Photos by Jessica Cobb

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Kindness is the glue that keeps people united despite differences in political worldviews and religious affiliations.

Acts of kindness can connect us with people two blocks away or 7,000 miles away.

The 10:15 Foundation is acting as the “kindness glue” connecting local people to Bright Hope Orphanage in the Busia District of Lumino, Uganda. With the support of the 10:15 Foundation, Bright Hope Orphanage educates and feeds 207 orphans and 100 underprivileged children. The majority of people in Lumino live off about one dollar per day.

Pastor Jason Lyle, CEO of 10:15 Foundation, recently led a team to Lumino. The team spent an afternoon with Namulondo, whose husband died from malaria a year ago. Namulondo cares for her two children and two orphans from Bright Hope Orphanage, providing for all four children on an average income of one dollar a day.

Her children rely heavily upon the Bright Hope sponsorship program for water, food, education, and healthcare.

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of the burden off many caregivers like Namulondo and provide a sustainable opportunity for a child.

The aim of 10:15 Foundation’s “teach a child to fish” philosophy is to create sustainable economic growth in developing communities across the globe such as Lumino.

The foundation’s website provides insight: We believe the problem of poverty will only be healed from within. We send only enough money from the outside in order to take care of the children. Otherwise, we look for ways the communities can sustain themselves. We do this by training in entrepreneurship, job skills, microfinancing, and investing in local businesses. The problems faced

by Uganda will only be solved by Ugandans with our help.

There are many ways you can get involved, including sponsoring a child or teaching children skills during a short-term mission trip. To learn more about how the 10:15 Foundation is working with Bright Hope Orphanage, visit www.1015foundation.org.

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In July, we announced our second fiction contest. Out of dozens of entries, we selected the following winners. Read the winning stories in Kitchen Drawer throughout 2016.

FIRST PLACE: “SWINGING” BY KAYLEE TUGGLE MATHENY SECOND PLACE: “PATCHWORK HEART” BY TIFFANI LONG THIRD PLACE: “ZERO VISIBILITY” BY MICHAEL DOWNING FOURTH PLACE: “THE LAST HUNT” BY LEWIS BREWER

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y name is Clair Ann. “Clair” ‘cause Mama loves the Clairol hair color that comes in a box at the drugstore, and “Ann” because that’s her middle name—both names falling short of pretty, without even a curlicue “e” on the end. I’m 11 years old, though my soul feels much older. My mama’s name is July Ann Rivers. She works in town at Mr. Murphy’s office where she answers the phone and stacks and staples papers. I like Mr. Murphy, first name Sam, because he’s patient and kind to us.

It’s just been Mama and me since I was four, and my daddy went to the sweet by and by (that’s what the church hymns call heaven). I don’t have an excellent memory of him— more like a feeling of him. A warmth when I close my eyes to dream or hold his flannel shirt that Mama leaves on the end of the bed. When I hear strings being strummed on a guitar, my tummy always bubbles like when I drink root beer, and my ears always listen because one thing I do remember is Daddy played the guitar like he was born to do it.

But in all the time that has passed since he’s been gone, Mama can’t seem to find her wholeness. It’s mostly her heart that’s broken. She cries a lot, sometimes loud as thunder, sometimes soft as a whisper. Sometimes she goes to work, and other times she doesn’t. I’m beginning to wonder if it’s more than her heart that’s broken.

Certain days, Mama was like a hamster running on a wheel, full of energy but not making progress. Once, I came home from school, and the house looked like someone had turned it

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upside down and shook it like a snow globe. The chair from the kitchen was beside the sink in the bathroom, the silverware tray was sitting on top of the bookshelf, and one wall was dripping fresh purple paint. I found Mama in her closet scrubbing the old wood floor.

“Mama?”

“Oh, Clair Ann, you’re home! Thought the house could use a little spring cleaning and a fresh coat of paint.”

“Mama, it’s fall, and that sorta looks like MANY coats of paint.”

She giggled like I was the one out of my mind.

“It’s perfect, sweetie! I couldn’t go on looking at those faded walls without one drop of color on them!”

She got up, squeezed me, and scurried out with the scent of Pine-Sol following her. Feeling helpless to change her mind, I was just happy to see a smile on her face and no tears on her cheeks.

Other times, she was plumb tuckered out. I knew that meant she’d stay in her bedroom all day, and I’d better just make my own breakfast, then go to school. In the afternoon, she’d still be there. So I’d make us some grits with extra butter, tap on her door, and say, “Mama, these grits are swimming in butter three inches deep. C’mon and get a bowl while

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they’re hot.” But even the medicinal power of buttered grits couldn’t pull her out of that bedroom. She was a kitchen sponge soaking up her sorrow instead of wringing it out.

would be better…like your quilts…but a patchwork heart!”

I don’t know if what Mama feels has a name, or if I’m too scared to give it one, since naming something means you own it—like when a stray pup roams up in your yard. You ignore him, maybe even yell “Get on home, boy!” but before you even mean to you’re calling him Buster and feeding him bologna.

Back inside, Lulee went to Mama. I listened in, hoping her grandma magic would make Mama feel safe. My ears were straining so hard I didn’t even hear Mr. Murphy walk in.

Usually, just a day or so would pass before Mama would venture out of her room.

She’d kiss me on my head and say, “Kiddo, you’re the good kind.” That’s just how things go around here. Until now. Five days have passed since Mama’s even peeked out of her room. I’m worried and need help.

Choked up, she replied, “Just perfect!”

“Clair Ann,” he whispered. Startled, I turned. We shared a look. With one step, he was squeezing me close. I cried for the 13th time; it didn’t feel very lucky. “Lulee called me.”

I nodded. “I guess I don’t know how to help Mama anymore.”

“Honey, we can’t give your Mama what she really needs, though we wish we could. We can get her to someone who can, though.”

I called my hero, my grandma, my Lulee.

“Who is that?”

“Great day in the morning!” she hollered.

“I’m on my way!”

Waiting for her, I sat on the front porch steps and shut my eyes to say a heart-prayer over Mama. At church, I always hear “Ask and ye shall receive.” So I set out to ask the good Lord if He could heal Mama’s heart.

I knew she couldn’t have a brand new one, but maybe He’d patchwork the one she has. After all, Lulee makes quilts that are patchwork, and they’re glorious. I figure if she can do that, surely the good Lord can do even better.

As I said “Amen,” I saw a dirt cloud billowing down my driveway, which meant my Lulee in shining armor had arrived—except instead of coming on a white horse, she arrived in an Oldsmobile. She sat beside me. I exhaled and laid on her shoulder.

“You know what’s wrong with Mama?”

“Well, honey, your Mama’s had a long row to hoe in just a few short years. She’s endured things no young mother should.

I think she just feels swallowed up by her grief.”

“Swallowed? You mean like that Sunday School story about Jonah?”

“Something like that, and Jonah’s heart got better. Your Ma…” “Lulee! That’s just what I was praying before you got here! That Mama’s heart

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He explained about the House of Hope—a place that specializes in women with broken hearts like Mama. They’d help her manage her heartache, help her eat, and help her learn to take care of herself again. She’d have to be away for a while and stay there at the Place for Broken Hearts.

My ears rang. “What…did…you…say?”

“I said she’d live there for a while, Clair, that’s…”

Pushing away from him, I ran outside and climbed the willow tree. I knew my limitations. I knew I could only climb up 16 branches on this tree. I knew I could hold my breath for exactly 53 seconds. I knew I could never, ever eat rutabagas.

like every burden she ever had was stacked on her back. I knew right then, right down to my toes, that leaving was the right thing for her to do.

Lulee and Mr. Murphy left us alone.

“Guess I’ll be away for a while,” she said weakly. “Yes ma’am.” My voice wobbled like Jell-O. “But you need this, Mama.

I know it’s been hard for you to shuffle between grieving, living, and taking care of me.”

“Well, I haven’t been doing a great job of that lately,” she admitted.

“Oh, Mama. Y’know I’m half grown and can do most things myself,” I said, trying to convince us both it was true.

“A girl cannot live on root beer and grits alone, Clair Ann.” Mama said with a scratchy throat.

I half-smiled. “I’ll have to disagree on that, but I promise we’ll get through this.”

The quiet hovered over us like a rain cloud.

“I’m scared,” Mama whispered.

I held her hand. “I’ve already prayed for God to patch up your heart.”

“Clair Ann, I love you.” That’s all she said before she stood and walked toward Mr. Murphy’s car. Being a true gentleman, he opened the door for her.

“Mama!” I jumped up, tears falling. “You’re the good kind, kiddo!”

And I knew that I absolutely could not shoulder being away from Mama.

Taking a deep breath, she looked up at me.

In that moment, I saw her soul shining through her eyes like it was awake for the first time in years.

Could this place really do all that she needed?

Hope. The first stitch in her patchwork heart was hope. My tummy root beer bubbled.

After all, daughters know what side of the bed their mothers sleep on and how they take their coffee. They know what makes them smile and what makes them say “Go to your room.” My heart ached like the dickens, but Mama needed to be whole, and maybe, hopefully, this could be it.

I went back to the house. Mama was sitting outside on the rickety wicker bench. She looked so weary—shoulders hunched over

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