by CeliaM on May 19, 2022
Beyond the quiver of first love and the shiver of roller coaster dives, thrills surprise with a realization of power—of love, of danger, or of words. The movie, “Picnic,” and The Ballad of the Sad Café I link as cause and effect/reading and writing. In “Picnic” a young girl becomes infatuated with an older man […]
by CeliaM on May 19, 2022
As a child, daily I walked past Pounding Mill Branch and years later, I learned that my great grandfather owned a mill (as many farmers did) in western North Carolina. I was an adult before I ever saw or stepped inside a water-powered grist mill. And my husband and I never owned a mill. So […]
