Null Stillness:
land of spirit for a barren soul

Awakening

The pre-chapter where Karen the chronicler first contemplates a life beyond what she has known - on same web page as Chapter One.

Note on Novel (chapter title - associated song - time frame)

Awakening,  The Sounds of Silence,  2022

Photo at Shiloh NMP

• Awakening

Chapter One -- Paying Respects

JB comes to talk to Eldon Parker after JB's Grandmother Dell has died. Eldon owns house his family has lived in for three generations.

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Paying Respects,  I Beat the Devil,  1973

photo Walter Lesus on Flickr

• Paying Respects

Chapter Two -- Warm Embrace

Warm Embrace college students Karen And Madison arrive at Karen's great aunt Carol's farm house A visit to complete an assignment to interview a woman who lived through the cultural upheaval of the late twentieth century.  

Note on Novel (chapter title - associated song - time frame) Warm Embrace,  Heart of America,  2022

photo Ian Livingston on Flickr

• Warm Embrace

Chapter Three Unpleasant Duty

JB Donaldson while in Vietnam is notified his father has died in a farm accident.    

Note on Novel (chapter title - associated song - time frame) Unpleasant Duty, Fortunate Son ,  1970

photo by BillsExplorations on Flickr

• Unpleasant Duty

Not the expected biography

Karen gets to meet her Aunt Carol as an adult and begins to discover what a complicated person she is and the beauty of living in nowhere.

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Not the expected Biography,  Rhubarb Pie,  2022

Cahokia Mounds

• Not the Expected Biography

Get off of my Lawn

JB meets Carol Parker his new landlord, the Hippie Chick - their lives become intertwined - also Sam comes along

Note on Novel (chapter title - associated song - time frame)

Get off of my Lawn,  For What it's Worth,  1975

Wolfe Covered Bridge

• Get off of my Lawn