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Tag Archives: Louisa May Alcott
New newspaper column: “Spring cleaning ‘ain’t no joke'”
This week’s newspaper column is up at The Greenville News. It’s all about Spring cleaning–or not. With a few sage tidbits from Louisa May Alcott, Phyllis Diller, and Erma Bombeck. To read, click here. Happy Spring!
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Tagged creative nonfiction, Erma Bombeck, Greenville, housekeeping ain't no joke, housekeeping cleaning house, humor, journalism, Katherine Scott Crawford, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, newspaper column, parenting, Phyllis Diller, renewal, SC, spring, spring cleaning, The Greenville News, WNC, writing
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New Column: “Find time for a family pilgrimage”
Forgot to post the link yesterday to my newest column in The Greenville News. This one’s about the idea of a family pilgrimage, summer road trips, literature and history. I hope you enjoy! Read it here.
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Tagged Civil War, family pilgrimage, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Henry David Thoreau, history, journalist, Katherine Scott Crawford, literary pilgrimage, literature, Louisa May Alcott, motherhood, Nathaniel Hawthorne, newspaper column, parenting, pennsylvania, pilgrimage, Ralph Waldo Emerson, research, Robert Frost, Salem, summer road trip, The Greenville News, The Scarlet Letter, traveling with kids, writing
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Literary Pilgrimage, Day 2: Orchard House, Dickinson Museum, Mt. Holyoke
Whew. Let me say that again. Whew. I am home, finally, after an almost three-week trip up to New England and back again. In that time I took a two-day novel research trip to Massachusetts, attended my last residency as … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th century, Amherst, Concord, Connie May Fowler, Deerfield, Dickinson Museum, Emily Dickinson, Hadley, hiking Mt. Holyoke, Historic Deerfield, Katherine Scott Crawford, King Philip's War, literary pilgrimage, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Massachusetts, MFA in Writing, Mount Holyoke College, Mt. Holyoke, New England, novel research, Orchard House, Ralph Waldo Emerson, rental car, road trip, The Evergreens, VCFA, Vermont College of Fine Arts
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Literary Pilgrimage & Road Trip: Day 1 (or, really, Day 1/2)
So, here I sit, in my dorm room at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. It’s been a whirlwind of a four days since I left North Carolina, and I know I need to document it as promised. Here we … Continue reading
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Tagged Burlington, Civil War, Concord, Katherine Scott Crawford, literary pilgrimage, literary road trip, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke College, Orchard House, rental car mishaps, road trip, VCFA, Vermont, Vermont College of Fine Arts
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A Winter Reading List
So, I’m boldly entering my 3rd semester as a graduate student in the MFA in Writing program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. I say “boldly” because I’m due to have Baby 2 one month before the semester officially … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, first novel, going back to school, graduate school, historical fiction, historical novel, inspiration, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, low residency MFA in Writing programs, MFA, MFA in Writing, novel, planning, Uncategorized, Vermont College of Fine Arts, writing
Tagged Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, critical thesis, David Durham, historical fiction, Ironweed, James Fenimoore Cooper, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, Lions of the West, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Louise Erdrich, MFA in Writing, Michael Ondaatje, My Name is Mary Sutter, novel, research, Robert Morgan, Robin Oliveira, Sir Walter Scott, Stef Penney, The Blueberry Years, The English Patient, the Invisible Ones, The Last of the Mohicans, The Leatherstocking Tales, VCFA, Walk Through Darkness, Waverly, William Kennedy
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