After some consideration--cough--unusual life experiences and online experiences I have drawn some conclusions--right or wrong i can't say--this is what now seems most probable to me
--Atlanta began with English, Scots, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, Jewish people and African Americans---no particular slight intended if one group or the other should have been in a different place--tonight that is what my mind was able to churn out
--I am English, Scots-Irish, German, perhaps some French--Europe--won't go in depth on that--people mixed and mingled and got to the US--should be pretty clear to most of us how that occurred by now, jmo
--My family ended up in GA--mother's side--English/Scots-Irish--a profoundly difficult genetic pool it seems and they farmed the land of Gwinnett county
turn of the century/20C--the cultural issues of the South had an effect on my ancestors/relatives--family oriented --'clannish' type people--private, stubborn, thrifty, God fearing church going people, rigid/strong people
'Do what your mama told you to do and don't ask any questions' people--the cutting of switches, trips to the barn and other forms of discipline were considered good home training.
--Work hard, be Good, Always and Be Good for Something, Don't expect anyone to do for you what you can/should do for yourself--and on and on and on--live simply---Methodists are insane about that--and it is a good way to live--ask the Duggars who aren't Methodists but share the Southern culture--some sort of early 20C Duggar style of upbringing is my legacy
--Sigh--WW2--my mother, Valedictorian of her tiny class moved to Atlanta and met my father, from Savannah--the Deep South --they met at business school. Too stubborn to have ever considered marriage--both of them.
But that is what they did--Scarlett/Rhett kind of couple and more.
-It would be easier to continue if I knew that anyone who responds has read the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon. She explained my situation very well in 6 wonderful books--historical fiction/time travel.
I think I stop here for now and reflect upon the Outlander series. Jamie and Claire and the gang. Lol--escape into a book, fall through time--I enjoyed that experience as much as I have enjoyed anything--online--gotta love the Gabaldon fans--the truly profoundly 'Hosed'--the work of Judie Rouselle of Vancouver Canada--and a few good ladies--The Ladies of Lallybroch.
http://www.lallybroch.com/
http://www.dianagabaldon.com/
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I bought it one night when my sister and I desperately needed a few laughs. Lastly, I'm almost finished with, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, a metaphysical epic by Daniel Pinchbeck. Wow! What an interesting book. I looked at the links you provided. I will definitely put Peachtree Road on my reading list. I haven't read any of the Outlander series, but I may have to put that on my list also. I have a thread in this forum about the Bigfoot Memoir. It's only gotten one response. It's not highbrow, but it sure is a funny book. Check out the thread. That is, if you don't mind bawdy humor once in a while. I also have a thread for the 2012 book. No responses to that one, which is too bad, because that book is quite a ride. I wish someone that had read it would respond to my thread. Maybe it's too new-agey and no one wants to admit reading it? I'd love to find out what anyone else had to think about it. I look forward to talking to you later. Take care! Saucy
