Tim Barrus: I am the Man In the Moon, this lantern is the yellow moon, this thornbush, my thornbush, and this dog, my dog.

I am a communist. Authenticity will grab you. And make you read. My North Carolina is the Blue Ridge. The woods found me. I like to sit on the cabin’s moonshine roof (where I am now) with my phone, and from there I can see more than just the sunset.…