Day: February 22, 2024

My family and I have spent the last 21 years living in the small town of Mount Airy, known to some as Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show.  When I moved here as a wide-eyed 23-year-old newlywed, I’ll confess I turned my nose up at many of its small-town ways. I missed strip malls and chain restaurants. I pined for sprawling suburbia in the way a health food convert longs for Hamburger Helper. Much has changed over two decades and my affection for this place I call home has grown… Continue reading same size