by Rebecca Copeland | Jun 10, 2026 | Retirement
A number of years ago, I found a letter in my campus mailbox postmarked October 19, 2012. It originated from Raleigh, North Carolina, where I had gone to high school. The return address was from Stephen G. Takacs. The name sounded so familiar but I couldn’t place it... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Nov 5, 2025 | Family
Prologue: Our last two posts have dealt with my sister, Joy, her childhood memories of Japan and her experiences attending elementary school on the Itazuke American Airforce Base. Now we shift to Joy’s early experiences with cerebral palsy. I am seven years younger... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Aug 13, 2025 | Poetry
My sister, Beth Copeland, is a poet and a resident of Ashe County, North Carolina. She lives at the foot of The Peak, the highest mountain in the county. Having recently published a new collection of poetry, I Ask the Mountain to Heal My Heart, she has agreed to talk... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Jan 15, 2025 | Memories
This journey began years ago when I went on a Southern literature kick. All I ever wanted to read was novels about the South by writers from the South. I consumed the works of Eudora Welty and Flannery O’Connor, then went onto Robert Penn Warren, and Dorothy Allison.... 
by Rebecca Copeland | Dec 4, 2024 | Memories
Some evenings, I was so hungry, I would walk into the refrigerated case and scoop up a handful of the pre-shredded cheese to eat. I was tempted to pinch off pieces of raw dough, but that would have been too noticeable. I had to be quick. Whenever Dave sent me into the...
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