THE COUNTRY WRITER

A Southern Writer’s View of Then and NowAs a child growing up in Ashdown, Arkansas, we had two main grocery stores. Shur-Way and Piggly Wiggly. Or as my dad called it, “Hoggly Woggly.” A trip to the store was like each TV commercial had come to life.Advertising agencies at the time were very good at what they did. Think about how much artful effort goes into tying elves to c...

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