It's taken a lot to get used to living out here in what one would consider "the country".  Driving half and hour to go into town.  Waiting in line at the post office while the person in front of you chats with the postal clerk about a mutual friend and his troubled offspring.  Having a DMV office in the back of our local grocery store.....these are all things you can expect when you live in the boonies.  Here are two items from our local paper, The Rural Virginian:

First Stoplight Comes to County

              ~and~

Squirrel Starts Brush Fire

As you can see - we live a dangerous life out here.  So today, my oldest and I went over to check out the new stop light.  First we went to the main street of our town - which is actually the county seat.  "Main Street" was all of one and a half blocks long and a narrow little lane.  We did make one circle around the courthouse and, yes Dad, the DAR had sent a canon for the courthouse square!  Eventually we actually found civilization.........in the form of a CVS.  It's all over from here on in - - CVS has discovered our little town.  And because of that, a stop light was deemed necessary.    If only it had been because of a Trader Joes....