Rayford Hobbs The Novelist "The drive to the farm in the middle of the night, in the darkness in a car with someone you have conversed with for hours but just met face to face is an experience in itself. What made it more interesting with each turn and every next mile was that We were entering a place in America that few ever visited, gated communities, secluded homesteads and a lifestyle of peace and tranquility. .

"There were no streetlights along these rolling hills but there were illuminated nameplates of the family that resided at the gateway of each “farm”. In the darkness as we drove up the hill off the two lane road the front of a modest brick home became apparent in the moonlight and I finally felt a bit relaxed as We had reached my new sanctuary, my new refuge. " .

The Gardens of Antioch. Private Conversations with Nancy Bonner