Rodney, my brother-in-law, is one of the South’s best storytellers.
He doesn’t tell stories in the typical Southern manner of embellishment, lyrical phrasing, or extreme expression.
He tells them in such a casual way that the story becomes the king. Not the storyteller.
His tone is even while he meanders through the story, like a small mountain stream ebbing gently to a river. Then, a surprise…