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Alice Guess is a seminal figure in Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace. If you’ve read the book, you understand how special Alice is. More than one person has taken me aside and whispered,

“How do I get Alice
to be my friend?”
I don’t know how I got Alice to be my friend, but I’m lucky she is. In today’s post, I’ve included a few pictures of Alice over the years. Some with me. Some not.Continue Reading

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People will fight over the origin of a name. History records the stories of the winners. In the Tennessee Valley, the Yuchi lost, and their story was pounded underfoot during the Trail of Tears.

Water laps through rock and tickles my toes. It carries the stories of those who came before me.Continue Reading