https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl My hometown of Ranburne, AL summed up in a few slides. en-us 2020-08-22 04:03:43 UTC 2020-08-22 04:35:15 UTC hello@padlet.com eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692710974 I made the background purple because my high school's colors are purple and white.]]> 2020-08-22 04:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692710974 eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692711313 My hometown only has a 2 mile radius with a population of 409 people.]]> 2020-08-22 04:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692711313 eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692711714 The town consists of FOUR churches, the elementary and high schools, a dollar general, the post office, the police station, and two gas stations with a few more buildings scattered here and there. ]]> 2020-08-22 04:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692711714 eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692712237 The high school shares a parking lot with one of the churches.]]> 2020-08-22 04:18:39 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692712237 eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692712341 The hot spot in town is the Country Boys, the gas station right across from the school.]]> 2020-08-22 04:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692712341 eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692712913 I haven't been back to Ranburne since graduation, but I remember it smells like exhaust fumes and chicken houses.]]> 2020-08-22 04:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692712913 eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692713806 The thought of sitting at Country Boys on a Friday afternoon before a big game makes me think of the sounds of trucks pulling in to tailgate before and band members hurrying around to eat before the night begins. ]]> 2020-08-22 04:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692713806 eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692714757 I spent many Friday afternoons before home games walking around my hometown, and going back on my memories since I haven't been back to do a walkabout, I can confidently say I prefer life in Birmingham.]]> 2020-08-22 04:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692714757 eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692715768 I don't miss the arrogance of those that live there. I don't miss the underwhelming landscape. To fill you in briefly, it's the rural version of purgatory where dreams go to die. ]]> 2020-08-22 04:29:44 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692715768 eeason332 https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692716328 As much as it may seem so, I don't hate my hometown. It taught me to become anything other than the people who spend their lives there. ]]> 2020-08-22 04:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/eeason332/3gz24wcfn9xch8jl/wish/692716328