A Good Dog Is Hard To Find

April 11, 2009
Andalusia
Milledgeville, GA

After being really tied up with training, NAVHDA and kind of in a rut otherwise, it was time to hit the road for some sightseeing. We stopped at Andalusia, Flannery O'Connor's farm near Milledgeville. The author lived here from 1951 until her death in 1964 and found inspiration for many of her stories at the farm and surrounding area. While at Andalusia, O’Connor completed her two novels, Wise Blood (1952) and The Violent Bear It Away (1960), as well as her two collections of short stories, A Good Man is Hard to Find (1955) and Everything That Rises Must Converge published posthumously in 1965.

After visiting the house, I took Tessa for a walk around the grounds which include a pond and a really nice nature trail along Tobler Creek.

Tobler Creek Trail