Tag Archives: Georgia

Lake Lanier, Hall County And Gainesville, Georgia (Issue 120)

By Freedom Lady | November 7, 2008

About two years ago, I moved from Atlanta to Hall County’s Gainesville, Georgia. It’s a pretty little town, about 50 miles north of Atlanta, nestled not far from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has a beautiful historic district of old Southern mansions in midtown.
 
It’s not very far from Commerce, Georgia, where I [...]

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Vote, Gloat Or Float Your Boat (Issue 118)

By Freedom Lady | November 4, 2008

I moved to this little North Georgia town, nestled at the foothill of The Blue Ridge Mountains just two years ago. I know very few people here and seldom go any place because I no longer drive. I have a perfect driving record over 50 years, but the State of Georgia cancelled my driver’s license [...]

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Nostalgia Of Blue Ridge Mountains (Issue 58)

By Freedom Lady | June 24, 2008

I’m one of those people that collects any and everything, particularly newspaper items, magazine articles, pictures, old letters, and all sorts of mementos. I think it was Andy Warhol who had a room full of things he had collected, from matchbox tops and old menus to Broadway show souvenirs, among other things. And I have [...]

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Era Of White Lightning (Issue 44)

By Freedom Lady | April 22, 2008

Just this past year, I heard on the news that President Bush pardoned a man imprisoned for many years for the conviction of making and selling white lightning (moonshine) liquor.
 
In the Appalachian Mountains during the thirties and forties, around the areas of Kentucky, North Carolina and Georgia, the business of operating liquor was flourishing.  It [...]

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Tornado Alley (Issue 29)

By Freedom Lady | March 15, 2008

A tornado just made a 6-mile swipe through the middle of Atlanta for the first time ever.
It seems a little strange to me that one has not hit before because there is area of North Georgia in Hall County that is known as tornado alley. Plus Gainesville, which is only about 50 miles northeast of [...]

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