Mother Didn't Drive a Car

What? You say...yes, my Mother never drove. When I think about this I shake my head and sigh. I do not know why and never really questioned it growing up. Her parents never owned a car as far as I know, and they lived "downtown" in Richmond so perhaps they never saw the need.

By the time I was six there were three children and my Dad was stationed in Okinawa for a year leaving us in Richmond. Now I ask you, can you imagine having three small children, your husband away and not driving an automobile? My grandfather (Papa) would pick us up and take us to the store, but otherwise we were trapped. My mind cannot comprehend not being able to get in the car and go...go anywhere, by yourself, or just taking the kids to the park, or mall, or to see animals, whatever.

I have assumed my Dad never wanted her to drive; he seemed to always be glad to take us where we needed to be. Perhaps he feared his cars would be damaged. It was always pandemonium when one or all of us missed the school bus. My Dad would already have gone to work and would have to come home, get us and take us to school. You would think that would happen once and to the DMV my Mom would go. Nope, never. Was there conversation about this? Don't know.

When I think about my own life, there is no way I can imagine not driving. It will always be one of the mysteries of my childhood as to why my Mom did not jump into that mist green Buick Riviera and drive into the modern era.

Yes Elizabeth, the blog is back.

When I was asked at a party on the 4th of July if I still posted on my Blog, I was a bit surprised that anyone even remembered that I wrote a blog. So yet again I have decided to resume "Life in the Pitt". Katrina has gotten so lazy and has informed me that she will appear on occasion and only when there is something really important to say, but I will pontificate on anything from the mundane to the all important ACC basketball news.

As with all the other resumptions of LITP, an update is in order. December 2012 seems like an eternity ago and much has happened here on the edge of the Triangle. The recession seems to have ended and Pittsboro is the talk of the economic world here in the Piedmont of North Carolina. A group of investors has been given the go ahead to build a 900 acre live/work community adjacent to our little city. Chatham Park will change the flavor of this corner of the Triangle. There are many who  fear Pittsboro will loose it's quirkiness and small town atmosphere; we will just have to see how it all plays out. There is development galore on the 15/501 and traffic actually exists.

Politics has become pretty grim here in the old North State since 2012 with the most oppressive voter restrictions in the country, an outright war on public education, and somewhere in Raleigh Galt's Gulch has been created. Our neighbor Randy Voller is no longer the mayor but has become the head of the NC Democratic Party. The Party has been in chaos since he took the helm and there is much apprehension about November 2014. LITP will have much to say about that.

The Chatham County Courthouse has been rebuilt and is beautiful, but there are still a few unsightly buildings and dwellings that should be condemned.

So...The Pitt is back.