People keep trying

I was in Forsyth this morning. I needed to search a title in Monroe County, so I headed out Georgia 16 to Interstate 75, then drove down the interstate to Forsyth. Exiting the interstate, I pulled into Hardee's for a sausage biscuit and iced tea. When she gave me my change, the lady at the window handed me eight passes to a drag race in Cecil, Georgia. I don't know where Cecil is and don't really have the desire to go to a drag race. Perhaps I can give the tickets to someone else.



At any rate, I left Hardees and headed up the hill to the courthouse square. It took me awhile to find a parking space. As it turned out, they have completely reconfigured the courthouse and you now enter from what they call the north entrance. My sense of direction was off, so I didn't really know where north was. As it turned out that is the entrance across from Grits Cafe, which is somewhat of a landmark in Forsyth.



Anyway, I went into the courthouse and had the deed record room all to myself. It has never been that crowded in the deed record room in Forsyth, but this was really spooky. And somewhat incongruous, since the square has really seen some renovations over the past years, as new restaurants and shops have opened up to handle the growth of Macon northward toward and into Monroe County. I counted three or four restaurants on the square and several new offices and shops along the square.

Now I have noticed that three or four new restaurants are opening in Griffin, as well. Even as a lot of restaurants and restaurant chains are closing. There is a certain spirit. The spirit of the entrepeneur. I have noticed that some such entrepeneurs seem to lose their spirit fairly quickly. It is sad.

People keep trying.