Update from the novel HAVENWOOD TALES Beginnings
by D.J. Houston
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Artist, Karen Noles (detail)
Me, I just wanted to keep it simple. And I sure wasn’t wearing a dress . . .
But my usual braids and overalls didn’t qualify as a costume in Havenwood.
So I got the idea I might use the occasion to honor my Native American ancestors, tied a strip of buckskin around my forehead, stuck two mockingbird feathers in back and said I was an Indian.
At least it was easy.
And as it turned out, I was also glad I’d declined Mama’s offer to borrow her lipstick for war paint …
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