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New column: “Shower shoes, tears: It’s time for summer camp”
This week’s newspaper column is about the fact that I have let my 8 year-old daughter go to sleepaway camp, 3 hours away, for the first time. And I’m wondering if I’ve lost my mind. So summer, camp, kids, parenting, … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, children, CNF, creative nonfiction, daughter, daughters, essay, first time, girls, homesickness, hope, independence, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, mama, motherhood, overnight camp, parenthood, parenting, personal, sleepaway, STEM, summer camp, The Greenville News, WNC
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New column: “It’s time to savor summer, even if it’s in small sips”
The Fourth of July has passed, and we have reached what I consider to be summer’s pinnacle. Its high point. This should be a marked moment–a time for consideration. This, and more, in my newspaper column this week. I sure … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, Asheville Citizen-Times, beverage, CNF, column, columnist, contemplation, creative nonfiction, essay, essayist, high point, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, lightning bugs, nature, newspaper column, pinnacle, porch, savor, sips, South, southern writing, summer, summer selves, summertime, The Greenville News, writer
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New column: “It’s time to celebrate the summer solstice–the first day of summer and the longest day of the year”
All over the world, people celebrate the summer solstice. It’s the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a day around which parties and legends abound. So that’s what I’m writing about in my newspaper column this week. … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, celebration, CNF, column, columnist, creative nonfiction, culture, essay, essayist, family, first day of summer, June 21, Katherine Scott Crawford, longest day of the year, newspaper column, parenting, summer, summer solstice, The Greenville News, traditions, writing
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New column: “Here’s to the dads who taught me to waterski”
I am woefully behind on posting my newspaper columns. I blame the summer, that mercurial minx. This one is about childhood, learning to waterski, and the dads who taught me how. With a belated Happy Father’s Day to all the … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, childhood, CNF, columnist, creative nonfiction, daddy, dads, essay, essayist, family, Father's Day, good men, Katherine Scott Crawford, lake, life, memories, NC, newspaper column, nostalgia, parenting, SC, South, teaching, The Greenville News, waterski
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New column: “30 ingredients for an old-fashioned summer”
Summer is coming! Let’s do it the old-fashioned way–with (mostly) free, simple pleasures for young and old. I’ve a bunch of ideas in this week’s newspaper column. Thirty, to be exact. Thanks for reading! To read, click here.
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New column: “Why do the children get left behind?”
Why so little funding for childhood cancer cures? Last week, the first of one of two columns I wrote about pediatric brain cancer, and my dear friends’ journey with it, was published. This week, the second column was published. While … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville, Asheville Citizen-Times, brain cancer, brain tumors, cancer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, CHOP, Clare Desmelik, CNF, columnist, creative nonfiction, Cure the Kids, Dave Desmelik, Desmelik family, essay, federal funding, Gannett, go gray in May, Greenville, Greenville Health System, Holmes Desmelik, Holmes Team, Katherine Scott Crawford, NC, newspaper column, NIH, one percent, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, pediatric cancer, personal, PNOC Foundation, SC, The Greenville News, USA Today
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New column: “Pediatric cancer is an emotional journey”
My newspaper column this week is one near to my heart. It’s about my dear friends and their son, Holmes, age 9. Holmes has a malignant brain tumor. This is a special family. I hope you’ll take the time to … Continue reading
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New column: “The view from my porch desk”
Spring has got me all nutty. I forgot to post last week’s newspaper column, which is about making my move to the desk on my front porch … where I can see the world go by. This might be a … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, clutter, CNF, column, columnist, creative nonfiction, desk, essay, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, motherhood, newspaper, observing, parenting, porch, privacy, The Greenville News, watching the world go by, writing, writing desk
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New column: “Tales from a failed gardener”
Holy the-days-are-getting-away-from-me, Batman! I completely forgot to post last week’s newspaper column. Which is all about plants, and gardening, and failing at it. To read click here. I hope y’all enjoy it! Once the new one is published (i.e. this … Continue reading
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