Here's a photo of me and my dear friend Isabel Zuber at the first Smoky Mt. Book Festival in Sylva. You can see copies of her novel SALT on the table. If you haven't read this book yet, you must.
I won't apologize for being a proud mother. This is my daughter Corinna's poem "A Start of Snow" that she wrote as a college freshman. NOW AND THEN magazine published it.
I like this photo of my brother and Janisse Ray, author of ECOLOGY OF A CRACKER CHILDHOOD and WILDCARD QUILT, among others. I snapped this at a Landowner's Day at the Jones Ecological Center in Baker County, Ga., just about 4 miles from our farm. Janisse, who is from SE Georgia, is a terrific writer and a committed environmentalist and I'd encourage anybody to read her work.
And finally, for this post, an ancient clipping from THE CAMILLA ENTERPRISE showing me with my Grand Champion Hampshire hog when I was in the 8th grade. That was some pig! The judge told my father that it was one of the finest he'd seen. The FFA boys were not happy. I was a mere 4-H'er. And---a girl!!
5 comments:
Wonderful! Emmylou's CD that came out last June is marvelous, one of the best in a long time. Give it a listen. I love the 4H photo. To quote Charlotte, "That's some pig!"
Kay, this morning I got caught up in your writing space. I love the photo of you and Isabel Zuber. I have read her book Salt cover to cover twice and I own it. I would love to see Isabel. I love Cory's poem "A Start of Snow" and love best the clipping of you 8th grade with the prize pig. I was reading this morning a poem about your grandfather, him accidentally bidding on a hog, his death. I have to tell you again but you should know, I love your poetry better than breakfast.
Hi Nancy, that's the best compliment any poet could have! Better than breakfast.
Jane, I'll have to grab Emmylou's new cd. It must have slipped right by me. Thanks for letting me know.
I have been an Emmylou fan since the mid-70s (before either of us had cultivated the silver threads). If she has a CD (or album) I don't own, I don't know it. I even have all the Gram Parsons recordings, Bob Dylan's Desire (with her great harmony). Whenever we go back to visit Alabama (also her home), when we get back to the North Carolina mountains on our drive home, my husband always asks me to play Emmylou. He thinks her music is the perfect soundtrack for our drive home.
Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium?
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