On a stretch of Highway 17 just north of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, huts line both sides of the street. Vendors string sweetgrass baskets from posts and lines and nails. The baskets are individuals--form following function, coiled designs unique to the artist. We stopped at one of these stands and met Sarah and Lawrence and their grandniece Montasia and asked them where we could find God.
Greensboro, NC is full of civil rights history. The city was expecting Martin Luther King Jr on April 4, 1968. He canceled his trip to extended his stay in Memphis, where he was shot that day. It's also the home of the Greensboro four and the Woolworth's lunch counter. If you're ever there, go to North Carolina A&T University, where the statues of the four tower over a great park. Behind them are the school's fabulous art and history museums--small but with some beautiful pieces. They allowed us to take pictures there, but unfortunately we can't publish them, so you'll have to go see them yourself.
