Contents AUGUST 2023 * VOL. 79, NO. 8 27 16 L E 30 N T Y 16 What brings you joy? 20 Our readers share what makes them smile. Mobile blooming Belle's Flower Truck beautifies Tifton Saturdays. By Katie Alt On the cover Emma Jagus is the new owner of Belle's Flower Truck. The mobile floral-arrangement vehicle can be found on Saturdays outside the Espresso 41 coffee shop in Tifton. (Photo by Delaney Garcia.) 4 MAILBOX 6 PICTURE THIS? 8 GEORGIA NEWS 9 TRIVIA CONTEST 10 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 14 CURRENTS 19 CURIOUS GEORGIA Lula Hurst, 'The Georgia Wonder' 22 COOPERATIVE CONCERNS Broadband delivers opportunity to all of Georgia 24 GEORGIA GARDENS Gardening by the Rule of Three 27 AROUND GEORGIA Giddyup! Places to ride horseback 30 GEORGIA COOKS Cooking with coffee 34 HOMETOWN HEROES Maurice Freeman: mentoring young athletes www.georgiamagazine.org 3 24 COURTESY BECKY WAGNER ISTOCK.COM / WILLIAM REAGAN KURTIS MILLER PHOTOGRAPHY I S T O C V K . O C O L K M / V O V A Nhttp://www.georgiamagazine.org