Mrs. Wilsons True Tales Retold

In the coveting guidance of the seasons, as it is taught by sacred literature, the turning of moldering and fertility embraces us, her celebrants, and we are taken by suddenness, by adventure, by intentions that we feel must overwhelm. The man who must wander, the woman who must escape, the child who must hide, the flower that grows or dies, the rain falling, the snows melting—all the shriveling and burgeoning, the lush or desiccated, the frail or lustful, bursts and breathless goes, and goes on….Music excerpt is the song “Somebody’s Gone...” from the album Hand-Me-Down Music: Old Songs, Old Friends - Vol. 1 Traditional Music of Union County, North Carolina