All Over the Place

Yesterday, Carlene and I drove to Franklin, North Carolina, to take a class in making paper books.  It was so much fun to take a three-hour class together in a little downtown art shop, then drive to Clayton for dinner on the square at Fortify.

As we were leaving the motel, we got a call from the manager to tell us that I'd left my iPad in the room and the young woman who cleaned the room had found it and turned it in--so we turned around and picked it up!

We then took a short drive north to Sylva and Dillsboro, then back south through Clarksville, Demorest, Tallulah Falls, Lakemont, Cleveland, Dahlonega, all quaint and historic mountain towns.

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Historic town, Lakemont, on Old 441,
same vintage as Carlene! 

In Clarksville, there's a shop called Rahab's Rope--based on a story in the Bible about a prostitute named Rahab.  Their mission is to help some of the four million girls worldwide who are victims of sex trafficking.  The women make jewelry, candles, quilts, and many other things, the sale of which allows them to escape sex slavery and learn new skills.

Ironically, Day's cousin Sam--who lives in Gainesville near here--is working with these women as well, building a farm where U.S. victims of sex trafficking can learn skills and live in a community of other women who, like themselves, have spent years in forced prostitution--most starting at the ages of 11 to 13!

If you are interested in this project, you can check them out at https://www.rahabsrope.com