Some folks just hang out, some go to admire the stuffed animal heads on the wall and some to read the notices taped to the window. Recently somebody put one up about a lost puppy. There was a note about a gospel show. But nothing about keeping Myakka City in the dark. Linda Werlein stands outside the store wearing a cowboy hat and a scowl.
People here are armed to the teeth.
Cleaning closets one afternoon, Melissa Sue Brewer found the old photo that reminded her that the world is a violent place, a photo of her old game commission friends. Her cute little selfy. Martin Grossman has been on death row for 16 years. Brewer thinks of him often. She wrote him in prison.