a newspaper column by John Brock
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“Loving and lovable commentary on the Southland. You’ll learn, for example, why you should always own a hoe – even if you never plan to chop any weeds.” -- Gene Roberts, Retired managing editor of “The New York Times” and “Philadelphia Inquirer.”
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“My friend John Brock is not usually known for dragging his feet. He never would have thrived in the business world so well, had he swung and whistled on his perch while that smirking Earlier Bird pecked up all the grits and gravy.
“So why did it take the pleas and tears and bullying threats of all his kin and friends for this book -- at last -- to come into our hands?
“One would think that all his years in newspapers would have "l'arned" our buddy a few things, and surely it did. Except, he never seemed to notice how excellently, charmingly, delightfully he, himself, could write. He probably never even knew he was funny -- when, truth to tell, he is one of the funniest people walking.
“For instance -- did he ever tell you what he did to start all the neighborhood dogs barking in the wee small hours one morning? He didn't? Well -- I am sure not going to tell you. I don't TELL that sort of story on my friends!
“Suffice it to say
that he has the wit, and the heart, and the grace to enthrall the
reader. And here is some of it, finally between covers. It's
about danged time!”
-- Dot Jackson,
author of current best-selling novel, “Refuge,” former “Charlotte
Observer” columnist and National Public Radio contributor.
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“John Brock serves up a sampling of life as simple as cornbread and black-eyed peas, an unvarnished truth based on a good dose of common sense. He has earned the rewards of retirement and the right to just sit back in his comfort zone, and observe the world passing. Yet, he continues to resurface and remind us of a less complicated time in the American South.” -- Jesse Tulles, editor, “The Georgetown Times.”
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