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New column: “Ellis Island safeguards key component of U.S. history”
Recently I was lucky enough to travel to New York City with my sister and mother, to celebrate our mom’s 70th birthday. To put it mildly, we had a ball! One of the coolest, most important stops on our trip … Continue reading
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Tagged 70th birthday, Asheville Citizen-Times, birthday, Castle Clinton, Castle Garden, CNF, column, columnist, creative nonfiction, Czechslovakian, daughters, Ellis Island, essay, Greenville News, history, immigrants, immigration, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, mother daughter trip, mothers, national monuments, National Park Service, National parks, New York City, New York Harbor, newspaper column, NYC, Statue of Liberty, Statue of Liberty National Monument, travel, U.S., U.S. Park Service, vacation, writer
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New column: “Sometimes we all need to act like kids again”
If there’s anything the holiday season teaches us, it’s that sometimes, we all should act like kids again. Here are some reasons why. To read my newspaper column, click here.
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Tagged adulthood, adults, Asheville Citizen-Times, children, CNF, columnist, costumes, creative nonfiction, essay, fun, grown-ups, Halloween, joy, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, newspaper column, parenting, silliness, silly, spin class, The Greenville News, writer, writing
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New column: “A few books, movies and TV shows to check out this fall”
It’s November, y’all. And in November, I like to hibernate. Oh, who am I kidding? Children don’t let you hibernate. So in November, I like to pretend to settle down and to read, watch TV and movies, and cocoon myself … Continue reading
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New column: “Goofy, scary, Halloween hijinks? No, thank you”
I’m a chicken. I don’t like to be scared. Watch a horror movie? Visit a haunted house? No, thank you. But it’s Halloween, or almost, so this newspaper column’s for those of you who do enjoy terror. And fright. And … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, ancestors, Asheville Citizen-Times, CNF, column, columnist, creative nonfiction, essay, fight or flight, fright, Gannett, ghosts, Greenville News, haunted house. Halloween, hijinks, Katherine Scott Crawford, newspaper column, October, scared, scary, spooky, USA Today, writer
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New column: “The not-so trivial pursuit of ‘useless knowledge’”
My newspaper column this week is about the interesting people born in, and events that occurred, over the years in October. What can I say? I am a pursuer of trivia. A keeper of “useless” knowledge. It’s fun to know … Continue reading
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New column: “Where have ‘social graces’ and ‘common courtesy’ gone?”
Lately, the world has felt more than a little bit mean. I miss social grace and common courtesy: the way we’re supposed to act towards each other, as fellow humans on this good earth. So that’s my newspaper column this … Continue reading
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Tagged America, amwriting, Asheville Citizen-Times, charm, civility, CNF, column, columnist, common courtesy, courtesy, creative nonfiction, current events, essay, essayist, etiquette, gentility, good manners, government, grace, Greenville News, hospitality, Katherine Scott Crawford, manners, newspaper column, old-fashioned, opinion, rudeness, social graces, South, Southern, writer
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New column: “How will you enjoy autumn’s ‘golden days’?”
Despite the fact that temperatures in even the mountain south remain in the 80s, it is officially fall. Autumn. The season of the year that holds the most gold. How will you enjoy these fall days? This, poetry, quotes, nature, … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, Asheville Citizen-Times, Autumn, bikers, CNF, column, columnist, creative nonfiction, environment, essay, essayist, Fall, golden days, Hal Borland, Harriet McEwen Kimble, Helen Hunt Jackson, hikers, hiking, hot, Katherine Scott Crawford, mountains, nature, nature writing, newspaper, October, outdoors, poems, poetry, pumpkins, quotations, quotes, seasonal, seasons, September, The Greenville News, trail, Wallace Stegner, writer
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New column: “Here’s looking at our focus on appearances in a ‘selfie’ world”
Nothing matters less than how we look. This is what I believe. So that, actress Jamie Lee Curtis, the “selfie” craze, looking outward instead of inward, and more, in my newspaper column this week. I sure hope y’all enjoy it. … Continue reading
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Tagged appearance, Asheville Citizen-Times, CNF, columnist, creative nonfiction, essay, Greenville News, Jamie Lee Curtis, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, looks, motherhood, narcissim, newspaper column, parenting, self-worth, selfie, social media, wasted time, writing
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New column: “‘History junkies’ needed to make field trips come alive”
Field trips make history–and any other subject–come alive, for kids of all ages. This and more in my newspaper column this week. Plus the Transylvania History Society, who is looking for a local history buff to help them help area … Continue reading
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New column: “As fall approaches, find a path and make it yours”
Fall is coming. As we find ourselves busier than ever, I want us to do one thing: To find a path, a trail, a walk down the block, and make it ours. To study the small stuff. To pay attention. … Continue reading
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