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Deciphering the LOVE LANGUAGE of
Carl and Paula Sandburg
More than a century has passed since these lovebirds tied the knot, but
their modern North Carolina-mountain romance lives on.
By LAUREN STEPP
S
ome men buy their wives roses.
Others wash the dinner dishes
or plan romantic getaways. But
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet
Carl Sandburg expressed adoration
for his wife, Paula, by giving
her goats a lift.
Ask any oldtimer who lived near
Connemara, the couple's estate in Flat
Rock, North Carolina, and it will be confirmed:
Carl was often spotted driving
around town with a Toggenburg or NuCarl
Sandburg
met Lilian
bian in his backseat. Decades
before Uber emerged, Carl
was building a ride-sharing
legacy of his own. Except,
rather than inebriated frat
brothers or distracted businesspeople,
Carl was transporting
his wife's herd of
champion dairy goats.
" That's such a testament to his love, "
Georgia Bonesteel says of this quirky act
of service. " Though Carl and Paula had
Steichen in 1907
and married her
six months later.
They were wed
for 59 years.
Photo is from
1923.
very separate interests, they
supported one another. "
Bonesteel started volunteering
at Connemara in the
early 1970s, not long after
Carl passed and the property
was subsequently sold
to the National Park Service.
Though she never witnessed the starcrossed
lovers together, Bonesteel has
heard tell of their quixotic matrimony.
Retrospectively, it was strong, stable and
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