The Bridges OF Madison County is the much-celebrated work of Robert James Waller ( made into a 1995 film of the same name ) directed by Clint Eastwood. and starring Eastwood and Meryl Streep. I so enjoyed that book... and the movie.The Bridges IN Madison County, are closer to home. Just twenty minutes from our cabin, these spans are singularly monumental -and they are real...and sometimes challenging...
The Bridges IN Madison County are About Transitions
But, for those who seek sanctuary, for those who seek enough space in which to complete the mission, though the waters be turbulent, there is a caring community -one that lives on from generation to generation- and, they say, all the way to Heaven.
The Bridges IN Madison County also are About Passages
The essence of a life, lived fully. Life is about winding roads that climb along mountainsides where streams call out, " Stop and picnic!" ...and mighty rivers that test the bridge that connects one side to the other. Life is like an array of bridges-small, almost fragile, and hand-built footbridges, and the sturdy, stalwart ones for those who dare....
The Bridges IN Madison County also are About Crossing Over
Bridges are metaphors for the chances we take to understand our small part in the continuity of life. In Madison County, where streams and pastures and coves abound, you may every day come face to face with the Knowing that in life, on so many levels, we must cross from one place to another-heart, mind, and spirit -move onward to what lies beyond....no matter how high or how wide or how challenging the "crossing " may be....
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for Laurie Manny...may your Crossing be Blessed....
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*Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains, Although only a short drive from the Cultural Creative's favorite, Asheville, NC, Madison County feels a world away. There simply may be no place like Madison County, North Carolina. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina,
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