Writer of Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry and Master Photographer
It seems like we could all use a laugh during these stressful times. I ran across this local story when I was doing some research. It was something I had to share — the story of a problem patient in Spring Hope. Note: I don’t know how long Dr. Lewis practiced, but he definitely worked…
In my first book, Memory Cards: Portraits from a Rural Journey, I wrote about the three girls who are buried on my parents’ farm, in a small plot near my house. The Winstead sisters, Mamie Harriet, 21; Mary Frances, 18; and Eula Pearl, 9 went swimming in the Tar River during a blistering July heat…
By Michael K. Brantley Spring Hope is located in Nash County, North Carolina, about 45 minutes directly east of Raleigh. Nash County is shaped sort of like the state of Nevada, flipped sideways. Spring Hope has a quirky history. A man named Crenshaw helped establish the community in the mid-1800s near a series of springs…