I have a lot of ideas and
contemplations I'd like to share with people, but there was an
additional impetus in starting this blog. It has to do with gossip
and nosey people. These days, all it takes is one vertebrae
challenged person who is misinformed to make an anonymous call, which
will get your home invaded by a government agency, with potentially
very dangerous consequences. Forget the ideas of innocent till proven
guilty, a trial by one's peers, or the US constitution. Of course,
spineless people don't care about those things anyway, but maybe they
can be more informed about their weird neighbors.
We live in an area of Appalachia that
is affected by its history, a lot of it for the better. Many of the
immigrants to this area were of Scotch and Irish origin. I read in
one book that long ago, before modern communications, it was a
societal obligation to pass along information one had received. It
was a way to alert the community to coming dangers. In this area, the
tradition is alive, and I have been surprised at the accuracy of the
information passed along. Not only that, I heard things sooner than
from more conventional media. So it is, that I want people to be
accurately informed of us, the reasons we do things the way we do.
Some of it will no doubt rub those who
love tradition more than reason the wrong way. Upcoming topics like:
“Why I don't go to your church”, or “Television is turning your
mind to mush” will offend some, but remember, *Be brutally
honest with yourself*. You're vertabrae challenged if you do
anything less.
Thank you,
Jim Donahue, weird sign artist guy.
