Finally, we entered Creature County, my imaginary birthplace, where the names of the little winding roads and minuscule mountain communities never failed to inspire me: Hardscrabble, Big Log, Upper, Middle and Lower Pigsty, Chicken Scratch, Centerville, Melville, Dust Rag, Dough Bag, Uranus Ridge, Big Bottom, Hooter Holler, Quick skillet, Buck Wallow, Possum Strut ... We always say a picture speaks a thousand words, but isn’t the opposite equally true?

Beginner's Luke