Thousand-Year Floods
This is the second thousand-year flood I have skirted. The first was two years ago when I was trapped for a few hours at the Hindman Settlement School in Hindman, KY, at the Appalachian Writers Workshop. I didn’t leave my safe place high on the hill in Preece to go...
Running Late
Picture it. Emory & Henry College, circa 1989-1993. I was never on time for anything. Except usually my period. When I told my Mom I wanted to Rush in order to be in a Sorority, he was unfamiliar with the lingo and sarcastically replied, “Why? You’ve never been in...
Sandy Peters
Sandra Hill Peters was born on April 8, 1942, and died on July 18, 2024. She was preceded in death by her husband Arthur Russell Peters, on April 22, 2024. She is survived by a sister, Hilda, in Florida, and a brother, Stan, in Kentucky. She is survived by her...
Surfside Beach
This year’s girls’ trip to Surfside Beach was more relaxed than some years have been. This was the fourth year that Becky Rangel and I have been and the third year that Kandy has been able to join us. We left on Sunday, July 28 (I’d been home from Hindman one day),...
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