Janie in Gainesville, Florida, remembers her grandmother Othella Mae Hatfield’s Appalachian version of an old anti-wishing proverb: “Wish in one hand and tacky in the other, and tell me which one gets full first.” Tacky here is probably a family...
developer droppings n.pl.— «In the meantime, when you see what I call “developer droppings” (ugly signage placed in the public right-of-way), please safely grab a load and dispose of it. It’s incredibly tacky, can actually...

