Adventures with Allie

There was always so much glitter that it was easy to miss what Dolly Parton was doing with all her light.

She wore rhinestones by the thousands. Her hair reached up toward heaven. Her fingernails were impeccable and impractical, her clothes unapologetic, and she built an entire public image around being completely impossible to overlook.

And then, once the world was looking, she kept pointing its at…