July 19, 2007

Quincy's Dirt


The LEAF, Quincy's old-fashioned movie theater, with thunderstorm creeping above.
The trash can photo. Actually this is a profile shot of the red clay earth below. Notice how rainfall has stained the sidewalk red, too. When Chiles walked through the Panhandle in 1970, it didn't take long for a brisk wind to blow that dirt in his face. By the time he got to a small town called Jay he looked like a "red man." As the thunderstorm brewed during my visit to Quincy, the wind was kickin' up the dirt.
More red clay. There is a construction site on Capitol Circle NE in Tallahassee with deep red clay exposed. It's all around the upland counties bordering Georgia and Alabama. Pine trees seem to love this soil.
City Hall is a few blocks West from downtown proper.
Quincy is only a few thousand souls, but it's wired for internet and they're proud.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi John:

I read some of Lawton Chiles journal today at lunch it is addictive. I read the part about "red man" and getting a coke from someone and camping by a lake.

Dan

Dos said...

yeah so much fun to read. Actually I should put that "red man" piece up on the blog.