Southern Beauty

It's the end of the an ugly week in North Carolina. You know it's rough when your own governor says we look like Mississippi.

That's an insult of the first order, and well earned too since Tuesday's election when 16 percent of the voters showed up at the polls and 60 percent of 'em voted for Amendment One. The amendment outlaws common law unions and nailed more nails into the coffin of gay marriage. Ugly politics matched by ugly so-called Christianity.

But still, there is beauty in these parts. I see it all the time.

For example, this doorknob I discovered yesterday during a trip to the mountains. The cobwebs are a little hymn softly hummed.

And this lovely installation piece found in the back of the house.