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Category Archives: motherhood
Where I Write
So, if you’ve been following along you already know I live in a whirlwind of small children, husband, dog, graduate school, tiny house, and soon to be jobs, plural. I’m not very good at keeping it all straight. I’m not very … Continue reading
Posted in Asheville, bloggers, creativity, family, inspiration, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, motherhood, multi-tasking, planning, winter, writer and mother, writing
Tagged a neat desk is a sign of a sick mind, messy desk, organizing, overhaul, writing area, writing desk, writing spaces
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Remembrances
Today I am very much remembering the Sandy Hook school shooting. Seems impossible that it has been a year since that horrific day, and it reminds me how visceral, painful and sweet the passage of time can be. My dear … Continue reading
Show & Tell Friday: The Preparing for Christmas Edition
Happy Friday to you all! Some good stuff to share this second-to-last Friday before Christmas! (Crazy, right?!) 1.) Michael McIntyre – “People with no kids don’t know” Lately, trying to successfully parent two children under the age of five (one … Continue reading
Show & Tell Friday: Fall Festivities & Quotes to Ponder On
I still look like I did last week. But I’m powering through. Some good stuff to share on this cold October weekend: 1.) Halloweenfest & Osktoberfest in Transylvania County I live in Transylvania County, North Carolina, and if you haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, creativity, Fall, family, inspiration, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, motherhood, mountains, NC, writing
Tagged Autumn, bluegrass, Brevard, brewery, Buddha, Confucius, Fall, Halloweenfest, John Le Carre, live music, Mountain Music Mash, NC, Oskar Blues, Osktoberfest, Pisgah Forest, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Stingy Jack's Pumpkin Patch, Transylvania County, WNC
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Photos from the Cataloochee Valley, North Carolina
Happy Hump Day, everyone! It finally feels like Fall here in Western North Carolina. We woke up to 38 degrees this morning, which isn’t so unusual at all this time of year in the mountains, but hadn’t happened yet. If … Continue reading
Elk Tailgating in the Cataloochee Valley & A Few Thoughts on Motherhood
Hi, all. Apologies, but I’ve got to postpone my usual Show & Tell Friday until next week. I am an exceptionally busy and important woman. KIDDING. I’m postponing because I look like this: Yep, that’s me at my desk moments ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Asheville, Fall, family, inspiration, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, motherhood, mountains, NC, toddler, writer and mother
Tagged 4 year-old, 5 month-old, cataloochee valley, elk, elk reintroduction, exhaustion, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Katherine Scott Crawford, mama writer, motherhood, NC, parenting, teething
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Channeling Alexander, My Time at a Military College & Other News
So. Today should be an edition of Show & Tell Friday. But. It was a helluva parenting week, let me tell you. My 4 year-old has decided to wake up at 4 a.m. each night and to defy our every … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, College of Charleston, Creative Writing, creativity, first novel, graduate school, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, motherhood, professor, writer and mother
Tagged Alexander and the Terrible, Charleston, Citadel alumni, College of Charleston, Horrible, Judith Viorst, Katherine Scott Crawford, MA in English, military college of SC, mother writer, new baby, news, No Good, The Citadel Graduate College, Very Bad Dad
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For Your Reading List
Saturday night I had the pleasure of hearing Ann Hite and Karen Spears Zacharias read from and talk about their new novels at wonderful Malaprop’s Bookstore & Café in Asheville, North Carolina. Ann–whom I met at a literary festival last year … Continue reading
Posted in Asheville, Fall, friendship, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, motherhood, mountains, NC, writer and mother, writing
Tagged Amy Allen, Ann Hite, Asheville, author reading, book signing, Karen Spears Zacharias, Malaprop's Bookstore, NC, Summoning the Mountain, The Storycatcher
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Show & Tell Friday: the Feels Like Fall Edition
It was 57 degrees is my mountains this morning. (Yes, I like to think they’re mine.) The whole family put on sweaters, even if only for a little while. There is a distinct chill in the air that whispers of … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, Fall, family, Katherine Scott Crawford, motherhood, multi-tasking, quotes, writer and mother
Tagged Brent Musburger, Clemson, end of summer, Katherine Scott Crawford, most exciting 25 seconds in college football, NCAA football, quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, running down the hill, Scarlett O'Hara, teething baby, tomato pie
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