F is for Foothills

on December 23, 2023
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Distant hills and valleys populated with Delbert women in black dresses and bonnets, feeding chickens and carrying wood to a fire where meat is roasting. Men dig a hole and children watch as an older relative nails boards over the entrance to some kind of underground bunker. Near the road, they hide in the trees and underbrush, brandishing weapons as they watch a passing cyclist.

↓ TranscriptF is for Foothills. The Delbert family has lived in the hills since their grandparents' grandparents were babies. They're good climbers and sometimes they go into the mountains. No hunters go there — that's Delbert ground. They hunt deer[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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