Deep in the hills of northern Missouri lies a flea market called Rutledge. Rutledge sprawls across sixty acres outside the town it was named for, which has a population of 86. The gate sign calls it “Missouri's Oldest Largest Consecutive Flea Market.” I haven’t fact-checked this, but note: they don’t claim to be the “best” or “highest quality.”
Hi Sara, I heard about your writing from my friend Carolyn Crooke in Minneapolis. The connection is even deeper - I, too, grew up in Iowa on a small family farm outside of Zearing. (North of Ames about 30 min) Population 500! Wrangling with all this when you have escaped it, or made your own way, is potent stuff. Thank you! Alecia Stevens
Sara, I felt myself walking with you on the dusty road at Rutledge and feeling the same sadness and fear. I wish you, your small town and your neighbors well.
Haunting. And this will stick with me: “So I hoard paths the way I hoard things. I keep trying to let go of the corporate path, the San Francisco path, the avaricious tech money path. I know, intellectually, that they stand in the way of fully embracing the writing path, the path toward openness and community, the path toward telling the stories I need to tell.”
Hi Sara, I heard about your writing from my friend Carolyn Crooke in Minneapolis. The connection is even deeper - I, too, grew up in Iowa on a small family farm outside of Zearing. (North of Ames about 30 min) Population 500! Wrangling with all this when you have escaped it, or made your own way, is potent stuff. Thank you! Alecia Stevens
This was absolutely wonderful!!!Love your way with words, thoughts ,visions you made my day, Sarah thank you.
Your best piece yet, my friend, and that's saying a lot. Love, love, LOVE this.
This is one of your best. The imagery and the feelings you convey in your story are so powerful. Keep that writing path clear!
Sara, I felt myself walking with you on the dusty road at Rutledge and feeling the same sadness and fear. I wish you, your small town and your neighbors well.
Haunting. And this will stick with me: “So I hoard paths the way I hoard things. I keep trying to let go of the corporate path, the San Francisco path, the avaricious tech money path. I know, intellectually, that they stand in the way of fully embracing the writing path, the path toward openness and community, the path toward telling the stories I need to tell.”