Summary

"A Worn Path" is about a journey an old, black woman takes in a very cold day in December. She is walking towards a far away town, a difficult path for an older lady, but she is on an important mission. She is wearing a nice dark striped dress. On top of that she wears an apron made of sugar sacks. The dress is just long enough to cover the top of her little laced shoes, which have become unlaced. Until the end of her journey, each step she makes is treacherous.

The woman, Phoenix Jackson, is quite ancient, so old she herself has forgotten. She is a tiny woman. She wears a red rag around her head, her still black hair dribbling down in frail, little ringlets. She is wrinkled and ancient, but there is a golden color in her...