When the Night Bird Sings

In this charming collection of brief essays, Hifler pays tribute to the simple blessings of daily life and shares the lessons she learned from those who nurtured her during her childhood in Cherokee County. In each small piece, she reflects upon a memory or incident from which she extracts fresh meaning. Planting beans, for instance, prompts a meditation on the unending story of creation.

Acknowledgments

Foreword

My People

17

(5)

Elis I, Grandmother

22

(4)

Uncle Carl

26

(2)

Papa

28

(6)

A Place of Peace

34

(3)

To Have and to Hold

37

(1)

Hills of Summer

38

(4)

Flowers

42

(2)

Picnic on Anderson Creek

44

(6)

Uncle

50

(2)

Christmas Love

52

(3)

Reassurance

55

(2)

Natural Power

57

(3)

Wind

60

(2)

The Fine Art of Wine Making

62

(2)

A New Grandfather

64

(3)

Message within a Message

67

(2)

Old Wah-ya', My Friend

69

(7)

Leaves from a Coon Tree

76

(5)

Living by Personal Measures

81

(2)

Hearing without Understanding

83

(3)

A Sudden Burst of Song

86

(2)

Elis I's Passing

88

(4)

Old-Timer

92

(3)

Saying Ahead of Time

95

(1)

Listen and Heed the Laws

96

(1)

What Eden Was, What Paradise May be

97

(2)

Brother and Sister Harrell

99

(2)

Seasons

101

(3)

Free...But Not Easy

104

(3)

Tracks

107

(2)

Prairie Indian

109

(4)

Rounding Up the Cattle

113

(2)

Old Major

115

(2)

Whisper of the Land

117

(3)

Seb and Me, and Fun

120

(2)

The Sheriff's Office

122

(4)

Rabbit Run

126

(2)

Comfort Me

128

(1)

The Woman in the Mirror

129

(3)

The Pulse of Life

132

(2)

Winter is Over

134

(2)

We Are Friends Forever

136

(5)

Surprising Kinship

141

(2)

Even Before Computers

143

(2)

Grandfather

145

(4)

Lace, Diamond Necklaces, and Mantels

149

(2)

Marching to Success

151

(2)

How to Be Rich

153

(2)

Deep, Dark, and Lovely Woods

155

(2)

The Song and the Vision

157

(2)

Lessons Well Learned

159

(2)

Ninety-six and Holding

161

(4)

Old Woods, New Trees

165

(1)

No Time Like This---No End of the Road

166

(1)

Old Croocked Leg

167

Index

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When the Night Bird Sings

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