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New column: “Winter Storm Diego meant cold weather, warm hearts”

Posted on December 21, 2018 by scout2011

Hi, all! My newest newspaper column is up, and it’s all about how my small community in the mountains of Western North Carolina came together during Winter Storm Diego. To read, click here. Want to stock your Kindles and e-readers … Continue reading →

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New column: “The greatest gifts to give, receive”

Posted on December 13, 2018 by scout2011

What can we give each other–all of us–for Christmas this year? I have some ideas. To read my newspaper column this week, click here.

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New column: “Make the holidays your own celebration”

Posted on December 6, 2018 by scout2011

Happy December, everyone! My newest column is about December celebrations, big and small–and a trip I was lucky enough to take with dear friends to Charleston, South Carolina, to celebrate a milestone birthday. We must mark the moments, y’all! ‘Tis … Continue reading →

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New column: “The not-so trivial pursuit of ‘useless knowledge'”

Posted on October 18, 2018 by scout2011

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?”

Posted on October 11, 2018 by scout2011

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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New column: “How will you enjoy autumn’s ‘golden days’?”

Posted on October 4, 2018 by scout2011

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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New column: “As fall approaches, find a path and make it yours”

Posted on August 30, 2018 by scout2011

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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New column: “Before kindergarten begins, this preschool deserves thanks”

Posted on August 23, 2018 by scout2011

In one day, my younger daughter will go to kindergarten. My last child, my buddy, my baby. But before she does, I need to thank the preschool that cared so well for both my daughters, and for me, for the … Continue reading →

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New column: “Summer in the South makes a sound like nowhere else on earth”

Posted on August 2, 2018 by scout2011

Ah, the sounds of summer in the South! Crickets, cicadas, tree frogs, ocean waves, the thwap of a basketball on a concrete court, and so much more. All this in my newspaper column this week. I sure hope y’all enjoy … Continue reading →

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New column: “It’s time to savor summer, even if it’s in small sips”

Posted on July 12, 2018 by scout2011

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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