Home of William Faulkner Rowan Oak – Oxford, Mississippi Image Credit – Wikipedia When I was an Ole Miss coed, my part-time job was that of curating at the William Faulkner house–Rowan Oak, in Oxford, MS. That was during the late 1960s and early 1970s–only a few years after the Faulkner family donated Faulkner’s home…
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Time for Another Miracle: New Life, New Friends, New Home in Old Water Valley, Mississippi
I suspect that the eyes of my more fundamentalist friends roll when I tell them, over and over, that something miraculous has happened in my life. After my debut picture book The Donkey’s Song was acquired for publication, I told people that my book deal was a miracle: A Pitch for #PBpitch: How My Picture Book…
Mississippi – I’m Finally Coming Back Home: Moving to Water Valley, Mississippi
Thomas Wolfe wrote, “You can never go home again,” and while I understand his premise, I must say that I’ve been trying to get back home for more than half a century. Finally, I’m moving back to the home of my heart, and that’s a place very few people ever find. I am moving back…