For some of them, it won't hit them until they're on the city's streets. Children in Oxford, Alabama, can hardly know what to expect.

I have a slew of clients who want to see Peabody.

I can walk from there to here in about 20 minutes. I just have to listen to the traffic.

He likes it. The fairy-tale topography of the town. A make-believe world of walled gardens. The quietness of summer. The stone-floored lodge and the deferential porter. Yes, a make-believe world, like something imagined by a shy child.

Somewhere to hide.

Dreaming spires.

The Oxford English Dictionary definition is a sexual deviant, especially a child molester.

You're only as big as your last hit.