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Uncle Charley and the Wise Man

Uncle Charley and the Wise Man

By Patricia Hall

Patricia Hall
Patricia Hall.
Patricia Hall

ED. NOTE: The below piece originally appeared in the Herald’s Dec. 25, 2013, edition.

In spite of my chosen title, this story is really about my mother and her indomitable spirit that will be shown as I continue to write. I am thinking of her especially this Christmas because the Halls are not going to the family farm in Louisiana. Not being in the land of my deep roots causes my thoughts to dwell there even more, but I begin to be way too serious for the anecdote, which follows.

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