Loran says he can count on a good bit of mail when he writes about religion. That's not surprising. He's a Baptist with liberal leanings. If he were a Methodist preacher, he'd probably let a rabbi deliver a baccalaureate sermon from his pulpit. He made the mistake of griping in print about North Georgia's Bavarian village turning into a collection of tacky tourist clutter.
Columnists have to be careful about stepping on civic pride.
I was surprised to hear that. I hadn't thought about a whippoorwill in 30 years. I didn't mention that I was at that moment entertaining the possibility of one on the family of turkeys camping in the pasture beside our driveway. As many times as I heard a whippoorwill call when I was growing up on the farm, I've never seen one. I don't even know anybody who has seen one.