My name is Ellen Mackay and I’m hijacking DJ’s blog for the next few weeks. She wrote a story about me but didn’t truly give you any background. I want to rectify that. However, a warning. I’m going to talk about the wonders of the mountains of north Georgia. Specifically, Fannin County and the city of Blue Ridge. If you’re a big city person through-and-through, you might want to skip my ramblings.

You’ll see in her book that I lived in a huge house in a fancy Atlanta subdivision with my kids (...