Tag: Charlotte Hamrick

Southern Legitimacy Statement: The summer I was fifteen I was sitting on the pier at the local swimming hole waiting for friends when I was approached by an older boy. He asked where I lived and when I replied, "Down the road a piece." he asked, "Is that near yonder?" I knew immediately he wasn't from the south.

Southern Legitimacy Statement: I've lived all but eight of my more than 50 years in the south. If that doesn't qualify me as a southerner, my crazy Tennessee Williams-style life certainly would.