Texan and Atheist

[thesummerqueen]

And that it's named for one hell of a general.

Who was a religious psychotic.

Shhhhhhh - Manassas likes to forget the dirtier parts of its history. The Battlefield? That's just a nature walk with some historic buildings!

The high school was built to house a sudden influx of students who had originally been going to a smaller building of the same name. The smaller one became "Stonewall Middle". As it originally was built in the 60's, or somewhere thereabouts, I suspect they didn't much care about the nastier parts of their namesake.

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Ain't it grand? I think the kicker for me was when the teacher stopped and said "what do you guys think he means by 'Do I dare to eat a peach?' and no one had an answer. I was waving my hand around so much I think she thought I was having an epileptic fit.

I suspect it, but what was your answer?

There's a pretty obvious answer, but I left it at asking the class "Have the rest of you never eaten a farmer's market peach?!" Next class I brought some in. There was a guy who used to bring the most gorgeous Gaffney peaches straight from the orchards to the market on Saturdays - larger, sweeter, and juicier than anything you could possibly get in the local stores. You could see it dawn on a few people the minute they bit down. I said that the peach symbolized every sensual and wildly sweet desire he had - not even just the sensual ones, but anything that could give you pleasure but might be 'messy' or even vaguely inappropriate - and was too afraid to go after.

A couple weeks ago I had one of the last of the summer crop from around here - there's nothing else that strokes all your senses the way a peach will. It's my reminder not to let what people think, what society deems appropriate, or my own insecurities get in the way. Eve's apple should have been a peach instead.