Once again it’s Watery Wednesday time. To see more photos with water in them, visit here.
The old water wheel above is located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
The trestle bridge above is one of my favorites that I have seen while traveling through Tennessee. I took this from the shoulder of the interstate/freeway, on a misty morning.
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I came across some interesting sounding books, while browsing the internet. This one in particular sounds fascinating: The Rescuer…The Amazing Story of How One Woman Helped Save the Jews of Syria, by Harold Troper.
Scribblers on the Roof, by Melvin Jules Bukiet also sounds promising.
I’m not sure how I managed to miss hearing about Kaaterskill Falls, by Allegra Goodman, through the past ten years, but I somehow have. I will definitely check to see if one of the local book stores has it.
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Wednesday July 15, 2009 – 23rd Tamuz, 5769
Thanks for the lovely pictures, book ideas, and warm sensibility!
Aloha / Shalom
By: cloudia on July 14, 2009
at 10:40 pm
Thank you for visiting, Cloudia.
Shalom.
By: jewwishes on July 15, 2009
at 8:02 am
BTW, did you know that Phillipines officials also saved WWII-era Jewish refugees?
Fascinating chapter!
By: cloudia on July 14, 2009
at 10:41 pm
Cloudia: I don’t know too much about that chapter of WWII.
By: jewwishes on July 15, 2009
at 8:02 am
Cloudia: Thanks for visiting!
By: jewwishes on July 14, 2009
at 10:42 pm
Your photos are so evocative. They remind me of a wonderful film/book – Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, even though that was set in Alabama, not Tennessee. Still, they are adjacent to each other!
We must visit America again and go to places other than the East/West Coast…
By: rachel on July 15, 2009
at 2:23 am
Rachel: Thank you! Now that you mention it…they do remind me of the the film/book…favorites of mine.
Yes, there is more to the U.S. than the east/west coast.
xo
By: jewwishes on July 15, 2009
at 8:03 am
I have watched that film so many times…
By: rachel on July 15, 2009
at 11:53 am
Love the photos! So calming.
I knew Allegra years ago. Yes, read her books! I especially liked Kaaterskill Falls.
A book about saving Syrian Jews sounds interesting, too.
By: Leora on July 15, 2009
at 5:20 am
Leora: Thank you! I will definitely have to read the book.
By: jewwishes on July 15, 2009
at 8:04 am
You can read a review of Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman on my blog. It won’t be as good as your reviews though.
I love the first photo.
By: ilanadavita on July 15, 2009
at 8:20 am
I will check it out, ID.
By: jewwishes on July 16, 2009
at 9:50 am
Beautiful old mill indeed… Mabry Mill in Virginia is also very picturesque and I believe it still is an active mill.. grinding meal. This reminds me of the visits we took there when I was a child.
Mr. Linky is broken.. again… so my Watery Wednesday is HERE.
By: srp on July 15, 2009
at 12:32 pm
[...] photo above was shown in color in a recent post of mine. I wanted to see how it looked in sepia. It was taken in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee…and it is of [...]
By: Jew Wishes On: Sepia and Books « Jew Wishes on July 16, 2009
at 10:36 am
Lovely images!
I love Pigeon Forge. Been there many times.
I thought I recognized that mill.
Haven’t heard of Kaaterskill Falls in years. I’ve seen the movie and my family and I actually hiked to the falls on a vacation a few years ago. Long hike but worth every step getting there.
By: Carletta on July 16, 2009
at 10:10 pm
Carletta: I love Pigeon Forge, too, and eating at The Old Mill. Thanks!
Yes, the hike is definitely worth every step!
By: jewwishes on July 17, 2009
at 2:31 am
You and me both, oh, and my daughter, too.
By: jewwishes on July 16, 2009
at 9:50 am