Y'ALL COME BACK NOW

Missouri. What a curious state, that one. There are too many strip malls and mega churches for my tastes. And the Dolly Parton hairstyles make me feel so clausterphobic. But some love it, you know? Like that Yakov Smirnoff guy. And my grandfather.

Anyway, while in the state we (mother/grandmother and I) drove into Springfield from Forsyth. As we wove ourselves around pickup trucks with visible gun racks, we encountered a car with the following statement scrawled across the rear window: Muslims want to cut your head off! I leaned into the horn and waved my index finger while my grandmother cluched her pink rosary beads and started chanting.