Joseph BallJoseph Ball is a USDA Government inspected and certified product of The South. Raised in small towns, he spent his youth learning "Southern Manners, Southern Ways" from his family, alongside many happy hours in the excellent company of local trees an streams.A man of diverse chapters, Joseph holds a science degree from the University of Arkansas and an MBA from George Washington University. His career path took him across the world's oceans courtesy of the US Navy, through the halls of a major southern university as an administrator, and into the sunshine as the leader of a premier trade association in the Florida Citrus Industry.As an accomplished author of three published books, with a highly anticipated fourth book coming soon, Joseph captures the disappearing rhythm of a simpler era with a voice that is deeply human, conversational, and distinctly catchy. His storytelling blends sharp, laugh-out-loud Southern gothic humor with a poetic reverence for family history, inviting readers to step away from the modern rush and rediscover the timeless "speech of silence." Read More Read Less