Hollow Rock-Bruceton on my mind

I heard the country song "If Heaven" by Andy Griggs on the radio recently, and a portion of the lyrics reminded me of my twin hometowns of Hollow Rock and Bruceton, Tenn.

"If heaven was a town, it would be my town,

Oh, on a summer day in 1985.

When everything I wanted was out there waiting,

And everyone I loved is still alive."

That pretty well describes 1985 through the eyes of my 20-year-old former self, when everything indeed was out there waiting, and everyone I loved—except my grandfathers—was still alive.

It is in this spirit that I humbly start the Twin Town Memories blog to share my recollections of growing up in a special area of Tennessee.