Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Red Piano Too
HOME from BEAUFORT
My week at Beaufort was
productive and something of a relief. The Tilmon/Rio story’s conclusion has
been stuck at the bottom of my files for a long time. I was afraid I had lost
interest. After a couple of days of reading and sorting notes, the story came alive.
Beaufort is about the only place where I can work at my desk for ten straight
hours without going crazy. I think it’s because I set my desk where I can
look out the window to the marsh and the incoming and outgoing tide.
Here’s the view from the window.
Flood Tide
I took off an afternoon to
drive to St. Helena Island. There are maps showing the antebellum village of
St. Hellenaville located in the area of Pine Island. Today St. Helenville Road
is the main road that departs Sea Island Parkway for that area. If you drive
there today, you’ll find the Dulamo development, but no signs of a village or a
past.
I stopped by Red Piano Too,
one of my favorite shops, to say hello to Mary Mack, who is knowledgeable about
Gullah art. I should have known better. It’s an accomplishment for me to get
out of the shop without buying something. This time, I didn’t have my guard up.
I came away with a wonderful painting by Allen Fireall. It’s hanging on the
wall of my office. She’s “Vegetable Woman” and she keeps me company.
Vegetable Woman by Allen Fireall
If I keep my nose to the
grindstone, I should have this fourth novel finished by the end of the year.
That’s what I’m working toward.
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