h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

For all of us who love writing she is a inspiration http://www.facebook.com/discoverrealflorida/posts/1223965884304925

Her stories bring rural Florida to life. I did write a page about her in my Journal a couple years ago for NoJoPoMo

Sorry Bluebottle, I don't think she ever even mentioned the IOW

F S

I should probably read "The Yearling."

I will probably always think of Mary Steenbergen when I think of her, as Steenbergen played her in the movie "Cross Creek."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085380/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Marjory's home is open as a state historic site just a few miles from US Highway 301 a little north of the city of Ocala. Cross Creek itself is several miles farther to the west.

In Florida we have two south to north Interstate Highways - I-75 runs up the west coast and goes to Michigan, I-95 runs up the east coast and continues into New England. US 301 runs diagonally between them and provides a great link between them from Ocala and Jacksonville.

I have often used this route and have seen the signs for her homestead, but I was usually to anxious to get to my job-site up north, or in a hurry to get home to stop.

One afternoon I was passing at about 4:30 in the afternoon and I decided to stop. By the time I reached the house the Docients sadly told me that they had already given their last tour and were getting ready to close the house for the night. I do not ever ask for special treatment, but on this night I told them that I was a State Park volunteer at Fort Foster A87761631. I asked them if I could help them secure the house hoping to at least get a look inside. They agreed and as we went from room to room they pointed out some of the more interesting things.

It was winter, and a hard freeze was predicted by morning. One of the house kittens was missing! They asked me if I would help them search the barn and other out-buildings. After almost an hour we found the little orange tabby and returned her to the house. I was given a sack of oranges from the grove as a thank-you.

The Yearning is an excellent story, as usual the book is far better than the film, even though the film was better than usual.

F S

It's one of the many books that I've heard about but never read....