A Great Blue Heron is a frequent visitor to the creek behind my house in the Ridgeport subdivision. It moves slowly and cautiously, tilting its "S' shaped neck looking for amphibians and small critters to consume. It looks prehistoric taking off in flight, with its six-foot wingspan, long body and long beak. A year round resident, the Great Blue is often mistaken for a crane. The home for this one is inside the Wakefield subdivision next door where, about a hundred yards or so directly behind the new Church of Latter Day Saints located on Duplex Rd. and Commwealth Dr., a pond partially surrounded by a wooded area provides santucary. That pond is still undisturbed even after all the nearby development.
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Songwritin' buddy Jeff Carpenter is now a Spring Hill resident. Not that he lived that far removed beforehand, out near the Bethel community where his pals the husband and wife team known as Joey + Rory still call home. Jeff is a talented singer/songwriter originally from Arkansas. He has performed as a self-contained act (solo) regularly for the past two and half years at Tootsie's Orchid Lounge's airport location. Check Gary's Place to find when he plays next at that venue. You can sample his work on the 'net at ReverbNation. His "In the Mud" and "Trailer Park Queen" are country music gems.
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Food Lion employees and fans breathed a sigh of relief recently when the parent company trimmed its roster of underperforming stores and the Spring Hill location was not one of those lopped. I am a Food Lion fan and would have hated to see it disappear since it was one of the few places available to stock up on some grub when I first arrived in our fair city. It has historical significance from my point of view. I have been especially displeased over the years by journalists at The Tennessean who, when writing about the grocery shopping experience, refer to the activity as "Krogering," thus turning a brand name into the generic, as if Food Lion, Publix, Harris Teeter, Foodland, and other grocery stores did not exist.
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Thompson's Station held a slogan contest (see "Sprung" December 1, 2011) and in so doing found a winner. The brand it chose to single out its city: "Welcome Home."
What? I didn't say anything.
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