God's country

The northeast section of Hernando County has a little unincorporated town named Nobleton where I call home. Our booming little town of about 90 people has 13 paved streets. Nobleton has a little community church that seats 65 people, a country store that serves take-out food, a road side park, and a canoe rental business. Anyone that has passed through here in the last 20 years is sure to remember us for the somewhat greasy, Nobleton burger served up at the local restaurant. Nobleton is down home, old time Florida, where children play in the streets, neighbors watch out for neighbors, and the living is easy. One building that attracts neighbors everyday is our local post office because we have no mail delivery out here in the sticks. This sleepy little post office is our town center. A bulletin board outside the post office boasts notices of all sorts, like lost dogs, yard sales or church suppers. Notices of great importance, like a hand written obituary of the occasional passing neighbor, are reserved for the door of the post office. The inside bulletin board at the post office is reserved for the most up-to-date official government information notices, like a poster that announces the Primary Election date as August 31, 2004 from Annie Williams, Hernando County Supervisor of Elections office currently hanging on the wall. When the sun goes down in Nobleton the frogs begin to croak, along with an occasional alligator singing to find a mate, in the Withlacoochee River. As the owls hoot, and raccoons sing in the trees, we all call it a day here in sleepy little Nobleton and say thanks we live in God's country. Just remember the most important notice of all in Nobleton, whispered by all the neighbors, that says no vacancy, please!