Hollis Gillespie is a brilliant writer. I just love her!! A little about her.... She has a weekly column, “Moodswing,” in the Atlanta Creative Loafing, she’s got a couple of books, and she has commentaries on NPR. She lives in Atlanta and often writes about her friends and things that most Atlantans can relate to; whether it’s a restaurant, or the way some people walk slowly across the street seemingly daring you to hit them while you’re speeding towards them down the road, she coined the phenomena the “asshole stroll.” So appropriate! Her columns start out with her talking about something everyday and normal in her life (though her “normal” may be quite outrageous for some) , and usually ends with some heart-warming or humorous insight. When I pick up the “loaf”, I eagerly flip to her column to hear what she has to say that week, and am hardly ever disappointed. In this week’s column she talked about doing some home renovations and her trip to a big store called the “Sell Out Center”, which sells used furniture and appliances that come from liquidated businesses and such. I loved what she had to say at the end of the column:

“It literally looks like a hundred little planets came crashing to stop in that very spot. I don’t think it hurts to become comfortable in a place like that, as you never know when it might be your world that will end up here. If it does, then that’s all right. Let people pick it over, let them climb the giant carcasses of your past. You are still who you are. You do what you need to do, day by day. You smile or you don’t. You sell out or you don’t.”

Just like this time, I often find her writings to be a bit oracular for me. I often hear something I needed to hear.

Here’s a link to her column,

And her website is here.

Check her out, she’s brilliant!