-Isms: Views on life in rural America

“Someone is going to die.”

Naturally, this sentence piqued my attention. I wasn’t eavesdropping on the conversation where the above-mentioned line was uttered. Oh, contrare. It was said during a public gathering, by an individual sitting next to Scott and me.

In fact, several comments from this person and the group he/she was with caught my attention. I was making a mental note to speak with them privately about their concerns, when one of the group members told about an incident they witnessed.

Strange thing, I viewed a similar situation the day prior and the same thought - someone is going t...