Becoming A Local - Letters From A Small Town

We've got chainsaw artists. We've got pet psychics. We've got poison ivy,  potluck suppers, and old-timers cooking cracker stew.

When I moved to North Carolina in 1998, I fell in love with a tiny town on the banks of the Haw River. The town was called Bynum, and the place became my home. 

I had never lived in a town where a neighbor would hand me a tomato as I walked by, where the shopkeeper knew every person by name, or where a glitter-covered reindeer might appear in your front yard while you were away at work. 

A web of stories and jokes, history, and silly nicknames was woven among the homes on the hill. I wanted to extend the joy of this community to my friends, so I started to write a letter every month that told of the stories I uncovered. 

This book is a collection of these letters. In 120 full-color pages, you hear about the time Roy threatened Santa Caus with a claw hammer, you hear about Miss Mary Council's pies, and you'll discover how stumbling into a nest of ticks might just lead to romance.