Comments on: Holiday Hangover In Hoots

By: bridgett

bridgett — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:43:02 +0000

Yes. I would read a book about Hoots as you see it but I’d probably greedily want to know more about the person doing the seeing than you might be comfortable revealing. The journalistic training of keeping the author invisible might take some undoing.

But if I was specifically asking for a book, I’d want a book on your bar and your church suppers and your community celebrations and the things that make Hoots a real place. And for god’s sakes don’t make it an elegy. Small towns have been dying according to popular wisdom since the colonial period and they ain’t dead yet. People find deep satisfaction in living in small towns and it’s easy to get stuck in them; that’s why they endure even though everything around them changes and the economy sucks and so forth. And tell the truth so that the people who live there say “Yep, that’s right. She’s got it right.”

By: captainkona

captainkona — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:50:14 +0000

“Should I write a book about Hoots?”

I’ll buy it. If there’s a Zombie love story in there somewhere, that would be cool. But I’ll buy it regardless.
You already make Hoots more interesting than Bristol… and we have a race track.

By: Lidya

Lidya — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:44:16 +0000

Tiger Woods’ serious car accident was so funny (guess wifey caught up with his lies). It was reported that Woods went for a drive after having a fight with wife Elin Nordegren over an alleged affair the golfer had with Rachel Uchitel prior to the accident. But what I’d really want to know, who exactly is Rachel Uchitel and is she Tiger Woods’ mistress??

By: Beth

Beth — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:50:50 +0000

like holly said, you’ve already done a lot of the work. But yes, yes yes, write the book on Hoots. I’d buy one.

I imagine it would be like the book love child of Rheta Grimsley Johnson & Lewis Grizzard.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:57:19 +0000

YES YES YES YES. And I’ll even buy one if I can get it autographed. Well, shoot.. I think I’d buy it anyway. I always enjoy your posts about the place, sooooo…..GIT BUSY!

By: holly

holly — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:07:31 +0000

I kind of think you’ve already written the book on Hoots, myself.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:41:18 +0000

I say write the book.

Also, I say Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus is a great bad movie.

By: daisyfae

daisyfae — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:20:29 +0000

i love reading about hoots… book away, lady!

By: Russ

Russ — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:13:05 +0000

Definitely write the book, ‘Coma.

By: Joe Lance

Joe Lance — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:43:48 +0000

Write a book about Hoots, or write one about something else, then write one about Hoots. Then one about something else. You can do it.

This post is a fine example.

By: Willendorf Venus

Willendorf Venus — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:39:13 +0000

Definitely. I read the below-linked article this morning. You could write the same for not-kids.
http://tinyurl.com/ydfv7wp

By: skyhawkbbgirl

skyhawkbbgirl — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:26:41 +0000

write…write….write..