Written by George Ellison – Sunlight was refracted in multicolored beams through the stained glass window in the east-facing wall of the care worn church in what is known as Burnt Cove. The purple mountains, white lilies and red roses seemed to glow within the leaded confines of the rectangularContinue Reading
George Ellison. Artwork by Elizabeth Ellison Wretched Sedge (Carex miser Buckley 1843; C. misera Small 1903); endemic to 13 counties in the Blue Ridge (TN, GA, NC); clumps of narrow pale-green grass-like leaves up to 16 inches droop forlornly from crevices in shaded seepage cliffs underlainContinue Reading
George Ellison. Artwork by Elizabeth Ellison. I Knew In My Heart “You ask in your letter of the bird that nested beside the cabin door before you went away,” she wrote. “The cabin burned in 1945. After moving to town I listened to him sing on a vinyl 45Continue Reading
Written by George Ellison – When the old man and his dog wandered into town it was just after nine of a Saturday morning. “My bird,” said the old man as he sat down beside me on the bench at the Bryson City depot, “don’t know but just one song. MostContinue Reading
