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Month: December 2009

cut paper illustration of Saluda-North-Carolina
December 17, 2009 North Carolina / Railroad industry

The town atop the steepest standard gauge railroad grade in the US

This recent private commission by cut paper collage artist Alice Feagan depicts the small town of Saluda in the mountains of western NC.

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jean ritchie and UK plaque honoring her
December 17, 2009 Appalachian music / Ballad singers / Kentucky

Old time musician Jean Ritchie recently suffered a stroke, and is in the hospital

Not all of us CAN live to be old, or WANT to, and so arrive earlier at that entrance into the next world. Lord, I’ll stay long as you need me.

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