Humans have inhabited the Natchez Trace corridor for thousands of years. Their voices electrify the air, skip across blades of grass, swoosh between leaves and Spanish moss.
At Emerald Mound, souls shimmer everywhere.Continue Reading
Readers of Not Without My Father can’t forget Miss Ethel Banta, doyenne of Natchez, Mississippi’s Hope Farm. When I grow up, I want to BE Miss Ethel. Few people could unseat her near the apex of favorite people I’ve met.
During my Trace Corridor book tour, MTM and I went out of our way to see her in Natchez.Continue Reading
Because food is the essence of memory. During January, I think I ATE everywhere to launch Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444-Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace. Behold, a comprehensive list of where to eat if you decide to darken the Natchez Trace region. Some public. Some not.
Pity for you.Continue Reading
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