Today is the twelfth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11. It was an event that rocked our nation and made everyone stop their day-to-day tasks and gather around a television or a radio. It opened up the flood gates of emotions among people not even personally affected by the event. Loss, pain, confusion, fear,…
Category: Journeys, Stories, & Conversations
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Troyville or Jonesville, The Sacred Gathering Place
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I attended my first meeting of the Catahoula Parish Historical Society last Monday night. I am so excited to try to help in any way I can. When I was born, I lived in a house just off the former embankment, in the upper left-hand corner of this image, right off Division St., just near the…
The Gentled By The Word Store
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Check out a few of my favorite inspirational music and books at theGentled By The Word Store.
Ascending From The Pit
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The fall down this well seems so long ago, I can barely remember anything before. This low dirty earthen hole is almost becoming like home….a refuge, hiding place from the scary world above. I have limited space and really nowhere to go at this level. Life above is full of choices, decisions and paths. I…
Morning Where Four Rivers Meet
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Four Rivers Park, Jonesville, LA, July 12, 2013 (This video was recorded near the site where the Great Mounds of Troyville were located.) Quote from a website about Mound-Builders: “Old maps of the area show Mounds at these places where the waterways meet, which some people consider gateways – the ways of passage, movement of consciousness between realities.…
Falling Leaves
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FALLING LEAVES The leaves on the trees Are fluttering in the breeze. But some of them are falling down. Slowly floating through the air and then reach the ground. There they lay through the cold winter hours As a cover for the grass and roots of flowers. In early autumn the leaves start falling And…
The Evolution of a Homeplace
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The Wright’s home place went through many changes over the years. Trees grew taller, fences built and taken down. Screen added to the porch. Several different makes and models of cars drove along the gravel road. I love how time is captured in these photos.
History and Our Mom’s Home Town–Jonesville, LA
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My sisters and I have begun this endeavor to memorialize our family memories and stories out of a deep sense of longing brought on by the loss of connections we once had, and also by the desire to carry on the way we were taught by our beloved mothers– to share the stories and keep…
Friends
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“A man who has friends must himself be friendly, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” — Proverbs 18:24 (New King James Version) — Friends Friends, oh so many good friends God has given me through the years. But now as I am growing older I see them through my tears.…
Creek Religion/Spirituality
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Here a few interesting articles on our Native American heritage: Religion of Creeks Creek Religion and Medicine