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Tag Archives: friends
Do your Christmas ornaments tell a story?
It’s difficult to play favorites. But my favorite Christmas ornaments are those which mean something specific: the ones collected on trips and adventures, those given me by friends, and those which hung on my grandparents’ tree. A brief history (photos … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, Alaska, Black Balsam Knob, Christmas, Christmas ornaments tell a story, CNF, column, columnist, Czech American, Disney, Ellis Island, Ellis Island Museum, Epcot, essay, family, family heirloom, family history, family trip, friends, friendship, George and Martha, George Washington, gift, history, holiday memories, holiday season, immigrant, journeys, Katherine Scott Crawford, Martha Washington, Montana, Montana Artists Refuge, mother daughter road trip, Mount Vernon, NC, newspaper column, Nordic star, Norway, ornaments, preschool ornaments, proposal, skiing, Spring Break road trip, Statue of Liberty National Monument, story, the most wonderful time of the year, Transylvania County, travel, trips, USA, wolf, writer in residence, writer life, writers residency, writing residency
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Pandemic isolation and small divinities
A friend of mine posted yesterday a simple message asking us to offer compassion and even small gestures of kindness to ourselves and others. She’s a nurse, and so is her sister. To say this pandemic time has been hard … Continue reading
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Tagged CNF, compassion, Covid-19, divinities, essay, friends, friendship, healthcare workers, isolation, Katherine Scott Crawford, kindness, mug, pandemic, small wonders, suffragette, thoughts, votes for women
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New column: “Winter Storm Diego meant cold weather, warm hearts”
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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Tagged 99 cents, Adriana Trigiani, adventure, articles, Asheville Citizen-Times, backcountry, blurbs, Cherokee, CNF, column, columnist, community, creative nonfiction, digging out, e reader, essay, essayist, family, flash sale, friends, friendship, Greenville News, hardship, help, heroine, historic snowstorm, historical fiction, Indians, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, Kindle, Kindle deals, lend a hand, neighborhood, neighbors, newspaper column, on sale, Pat Conroy, Quinn and Jack, romance, SC, sledding, snow, snowpocolypse, South, Southern Appalachians, Upstate, winter fun, Winter Storm Diego, WNC
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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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Tagged awareness, brain cancer, cancer, children, Children's Brain Tumor Tissue Consortium, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, CHOP, Clare Desmelik, CNF, columnist, Dave Desmelik, Desmelik family, Dragon Master Foundation, essay, family, federal funding, friends, friendship, go gray in May, Greenville Hospital System, health, Holmes Desmelik, Holmes Team, Katherine Scott Crawford, Levine, newspaper column, parenting, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation, pediatric brain tumors, Pediatric Neuro Oncology Group, PNOC, research, Ride for Kids, sons, Starfolio, Starry Night, The Greenville News, tumors, www.curethekids.org
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