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They Won

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 9, 2019. Posted in General, LOVE. 5 Comments on They Won

Every article begins with the story of How They Lost. The defeat, the humiliation, the unprecedented collapse. But, last night, one year later, the story was of How They Won. In another time and long ago, I went to the University of Virginia. I was young when I arrived, only seventeen years old. I wanted to go to a BIG, GOOD school,...

Hats on Parade

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 8, 2019. Posted in FASHION, General. 2 Comments on Hats on Parade

So, in searching for photos for a recent blog posts, I was taken with how many of my photos have me in hats. This doesn’t look like it, but it was an Easter hat (with Evangeline) I’m talking about the hats that were NOT costume hats. One of my many grocery store hats, which are my favorite. Even to me, some of...

The Inappropriate Dress Gene

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on April 3, 2019. Posted in FASHION, General. 6 Comments on The Inappropriate Dress Gene

There I was, stepping into the gala for the graduating seminarians. The seminarians wore black shirts with white clerical collars. I wore a minidress from Billy Bob’s Chinese Laundry in New Orleans. It was leopard-printed. And flocked. I can’t help it. I have an Inappropriate Dress Gene. My mistakes are not fashion...

Your Mama is Always Right

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 28, 2019. Posted in General, GOD. 5 Comments on Your Mama is Always Right

When I was young, I was hoping for something, I don’t remember what. But it involved a letter arriving in the mail. I was slumping around, despondent, certain the news would be bad. My mother said, “Look at you, you haven’t even read the letter yet!” Then she added something that has stuck with me ever since:...

Lenten Beauty: 3/26/19

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 26, 2019. Posted in General, GOD. 2 Comments on Lenten Beauty: 3/26/19

Dogs in the Bed

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 25, 2019. Posted in General, LOVE. 2 Comments on Dogs in the Bed

I have a history of unhealthy, deranged harassment of the dogs in my bed (we’re talking canine dogs, not human ones). For little Providence—sweet, gentle, patient Yorkie Providence—it was the Middle of the Night Companion Call. Everyone in the bed would be sleeping. Snore, snore, snore. Except me. My eyeballs shone in the...

Bone Folding

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 21, 2019. Posted in General, GOD, GRIEF, LOVE, Writing. 2 Comments on Bone Folding

This is what it looks like before it’s a book. That’s a bone folder. You use it to sharpen your creases. These are pages of the novel THE HART WOMEN being folded into signatures with a bone folder. If you squint, you can tell the pages aren’t consecutive. That’s because they will be sewn together. At that...

Lenten Beauty: 3/19/19

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 19, 2019. Posted in General. No Comments on Lenten Beauty: 3/19/19

A cross made from leftover candy wrappers #turnyourchocolatehabitintoart

Books and Beyond

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 19, 2019. Posted in General, Writing. No Comments on Books and Beyond

I loved being at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library this morning for the library’s Books and Beyond Book Club. I was pleased they had me, and they were warm and gracious. I had a prepared a talk, but they had questions right out of the gate. We wound up talking for an hour and a half. It was wide-ranging. The ostensible topic was...

“Never, Never, Never” Goes Live

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 15, 2019. Posted in General, Writing. 2 Comments on “Never, Never, Never” Goes Live

We interrupt the (ceaseless) sharing of Lenten Beauty to offer an announcement: “Never, Never, Never” is now live at Connotation Press. Years ago, “Never, Never, Never” was judged by Ron Rash to be the winner of the Tennessee Writers Association Fiction contest. The win did not come with publication. I was lucky...