To Fall in Love with Place

Thoughtful Thursday

Ok, It really is not that hard. Relax…

Congaree National Park, Hopkins, South Carolina

After reading “The Ecology of A Cracker Childhood” by Janisse Ray, (Great book! I recommend it!), I began to notice these magnificent trees were all around Georgia, not just in the state parks.

Thursday Trees: Land of the Long Leaf Pine

Recently I met Janisse and her husband, Raven Waters along with John “Crawfish” Crawford in Savannah as a part of Ossabaw Island, Personal Encounters with the Georgia Coast. It was an incredible four hours class session by #seniorcitizensinc #thelearningcenter on knowing, seeing, experiencing and loving a place, in this case Ossabaw Island. She challenged us to fall in love with “place”, write poetry about “place”, and to listen how others tell of their connection to a place. My poem I will share in another blog post.

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Our third and final February recommendation was Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by @TracklessWild, published by @Milkweed_Books!

Stay tuned for our march (and April!) batches this month.#southernlit #southernliterature #memoir #literacy #bookrecommendations #bookrecommendation pic.twitter.com/pIDxeIFVra

— CL Collaboratory (@CL_Collab) April 3, 2023

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Young LongLeaf Pine at Hitchcock Woods, Aiken, South Carolina

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