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No, I’ll not weep “Honey, won’t you stay home tonight. You’ve been spending so much time with Madeline. Sarah and I hardly ..

Love at First Sight “Why of course she can work here, honey. I can’t pay her much but she’s kin and we have to look out for our o..

Clara’s Story South Woodlawn Avenue Everything was going along fine until I came along. I was born in 1949. Mama named me after Clara Bow...

Pungo Creek - 1957 It had been Clara’s idea to take the skiff out. “I’ll make us some banana sandwiches and you dig up some wor..

Goodbye Broad Creek Village I watched glumly as Aunt Pearl put on her makeup and fluffed up her hair. “Can’t I go with you, Aunt P..

On Pungo Creek When we stopped in front of the church Mama stayed in the car. Uncle Benjamin took her elbow. “Come on Rose. We need to go..

I Make a Friend I was fascinated by the satellites that the Russians began launching in 1957 and horrified when they launched a dog named Laika w..

When Pearl had lived on Pungo Creek, she’d hardly noticed the pine trees, except the one that stood between her yard and the old abandoned gra..