Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
Rabindranath Tagore
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BORING ALABAMA
Boring, Alabama is true to its name. It’s a quiet little town in Brook County with one gas station that serves as general store, currency exchange, and post office.
In the center of town there’s a town hall that used to be the elementary school. In the town hall there is a small office and in the small office sits a mayor doodling on a scratch pad.
Jerry Jenkins is deep in thought with pencil in hand trying to figure out how they could swing it. He’s not thinking about the budget, and his mind is not fixed on a problem…for a change. He’s in full blown positive thinking mode. He just received an invitation to an event he would dearly love to participate in. The invitation is the answer to a prayer.
Jerry has been praying for a way to help the almost five hundred residents of Boring regain their civic pride. It may sound like an outdated concept. But old-timers like Jerry know the value of being proud of where you live. It’s important to feel good when walking around your town, chatting with your neighbors, or when someone asks you where you come from. Jerry is not only Boring’s leader, he’s its cheerleader and pep squad. And like we said in the beginning, Boring is a quiet little town, but
when Jerry Jenkins decides to make some noise, people can’t help but notice.
The invitation Jerry is noodling and doodling with is from the Brook County Founder’s Day Committee. Boring has been invited to partake in a day of festivities celebrating one hundred years of the county’s incorporation. Boring annexed to the county in the 1950’s and Jerry thinks there are stories to be shared in a variety of ways.
He puts his pencil down, stands straight up, and without even grabbing his jacket from the battered coat rack next to his desk, he starts walking to the gas station to talk to Millie....read more
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