I researched the life of Meriwether Lewis before writing my book “To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis.”
Did I mention I love getting mail? I came home from a weekend trip with a mailbox full of cards from Dear Readers, and I’ve read each one several times. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I will respond directly.
Because I’m vain, I also like to get OTHER mail: The kind with surprise articles showcasing my 444-mile walk of the Natchez Trace.Continue Reading
It’s the metaphor for ultimate peace, right? Predators lying down with prey.
Maybe that’s what Meriwether Lewis did. Night after night. On his trek from Fort Pickering (modern-day Memphis) to the Natchez Trace.Continue Reading
She had blue eyes. I saw them. Before she tilted her blonde head and left me holding an empty book. She stepped over soft dirt and evaporated through a slit in the landscape. A crunch, the grinding of rigored limbs.
And she was gone.
Was she the person I was supposed to find? The native who would be Thomas Jefferson’s link to the Middle Ages?Continue Reading
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