The Homecoming of Helen Spence

lower White River, bayou bridge, circa 1900, by Dayton Bowers By Denise White Parkinson I journeyed many miles through this topsy-turvy world of love and loss before I found I did not have to walk alone. When I sought out a wise old river-man I had heard about, I gained a buddy for life. LC Brown shared his story, taking me back to my lost ancestral home (well, houseboat) on the White River, haunted as it is by the ghost of Helen Ruth Spence. I listened wholeheartedly, marveling as something invisible took tangible form. ...

April 1, 2015