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You Can Take the Old Woman Out of the Mountain (opens the original)
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Note to the reader:As I write about quilts and great-grandmothers this early morning, I return to this 2024 essay and want to share it with you. Keep an eye out for the quilt essay over at The Ruins Substack tomorrow. If you have not yet read Effie: Chapter One, I recommend you do that before reading on. Even if you have already been introduced to my great-grandmother’s st
One Last Song on the Way Out the Door, Dolly (opens the original)
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As I watch social media become the biggest, warm and fuzzy bear hug it has ever been these past few days, I marvel at a woman who managed to walk a creative line her whole life and end it by being, what could be argued, the most beloved American of all time. Dolly Parton left us with a final message, delivered on the socials by her nephew. He calls her a farmer of songs, which I love. Her final message was short and sweet… share your love for me on social media. I think she knew what shape that
Nachklang (opens the original)
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