It is an odd name for a blog, I must admit. But then again, maybe I'm just an odd person. I hope that it proves to be a unique name for a unique blog.
You see, in the South biscuits are more than just another starch on the table. They are an art form - a part of the culture. Throw in all the different styles and recipes and the exact definition of a biscuit is rather broad. However, one thing a Georgia biscuit is not is canned. Good biscuits are not commercialized or "name brand". You can't fake an authentic biscuit. My mom can make them and my mom-in-law can make them - both good and yet different. I have some friends that each have a different style or recipe of their own - very good as well. There are even people that I don't like at all that make them very well - it isn't just about nostalgia or popularity.
All that being said, I wanted to start a blog to write about more issues. In the past, I have mostly written about issues of faith and even needs for reform in the church. I expect that will continue but I want to put different biscuits on the table as well - and not some old canned biscuits either!
I've been influenced by writers such as Vonnegut, Salinger and Rand. My faith based readings of late include Don Miller, Brian McLaren and Rob Bell. And my old southern roots mean plenty of Lewis Grizzard, Bo Whaley and (more importantly) Harper Lee and William Faulkner
I hope you enjoy the reading. And I hope you disagree at least from time to time. If you don't, one of us isn't much of an individual.
