Monday, May 4, 2009 - Paducah KY
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At the Confluence, Ft Defiance Park, Cairo IL, May 4, 2009
Fort Defiance Park (formerly a State Park), Cairo IL
Between bridges eastbound on US60 at the crossing of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers one briefly touches down in Illinois in the wye between the rivers. At this confluence is the now abandoned Ft Defiance park. I thought I might spend the night here but after exploring the park for a while and getting a few pictures of this sad spot I sensed the vibe wasn't great and chickened out. Too bad, this would be a pleasant park to spend a day or two.
Night camp
Wal-Mart Supercenter in Paducah KY
Wal-Mart Supercenter Store #491, 5130 Hinkleville Road, Paducah, KY 42001 - (270) 444-0066
- This is the Walmart Supercenter off US60 west of town
- Good level parking
- Verizon cell phone service - very good signal
- Verizon EVDO service - very good signal
- Locate this Walmart on my Night Camps map
- Find other Wal-Marts in the area
- Check the weather here
Finding the Words to Fit It
There is an idea current in the prevailing culture that writing about something that pains you heals the pain. I was not, when I began writing my life story, and am not now, healed of my mother. But you do gain a small distance from anything by keeping it in suspension in your mind while you work at finding the words to fit it. The process is so slow and incremental that you don't notice its effect, but the point is that it is a process.
Source: Almost There: the Onward Journey of a Dublin Woman, a Memoir by Nuala O'Faolain