Tag Archives: newspaper column

New column: “On Thanksgiving, I’m thankful for the words of others”

Posted on November 23, 2017 by scout2011

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Today, my column is about this wholly American day, how we celebrate, its complications and joys, and what others have had to say about it over the years. I sure hope y’all enjoy it. As for … Continue reading →

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New column: “How present are we in our own bodies”

Posted on October 26, 2017 by scout2011

Y’all, church basement yoga has been saving my sanity lately. This, parenting, life and more, in my recent newspaper column. I hope y’all enjoy it! To read, click here.

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New column: “You’re too hard on yourself”

Posted on October 19, 2017 by scout2011

Isn’t it time we go a little easier on ourselves? Perhaps, especially, us women? This and more in my newest newspaper column. I hope y’all enjoy it! To read, click here.

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New column: “Autumn has ‘a mysterious influence upon the heart'”

Posted on October 12, 2017 by scout2011

I don’t know about where you live, but here in the mountains of Western North Carolina, it does not yet feel like Fall. The upper 70 and 80 degree days we’ve been experiencing lately are most definitely not the norm … Continue reading →

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New column: “The best laid plans of husbands and wives”

Posted on October 5, 2017 by scout2011

In my newspaper column this week, I’m mourning plans for a dream vacation that were thwarted by Fate. Fate, in the forms of a drug cartel and a Category 5 hurricane. To read, click here.

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New column: “How to break the heart of a modern college student”

Posted on September 28, 2017 by scout2011

This week in my newspaper column, I’m talking about Kevin Costner, “Dances with Wolves,” and what’s it has been like to share the film with my college students, who weren’t even born yet when the movie came out. After 13 … Continue reading →

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New column: “It’s fun–and important–to mark life’s special moments”

Posted on September 14, 2017 by scout2011

My column this week in The Greenville News is about the recent full solar eclipse, and my family’s experience of it, marking life’s special moments, parenting, simple things, and more. I hope y’all enjoy it. To read, click here.

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New column: “Kindness is key, even (especially) when we disagree”

Posted on September 7, 2017 by scout2011

Hi, all! It has been a wet, wild week for the Southeast, and the forecast is keeping us all on our toes. I’ve been thinking about and praying for everyone in the Caribbean, Florida, and for my family in the … Continue reading →

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New column: “Here’s to the teachers, and here’s to us!”

Posted on August 31, 2017 by scout2011

By far, the bravest thing I do each year in late August is to watch my children walk away from me, and into school. So this week in my column in The Greenville News, I’m raising my glass, so to … Continue reading →

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New column: “August is a time of bittersweet transition”

Posted on August 17, 2017 by scout2011

August signifies the end of summer, no matter what the calendar may claim, no matter whether we have school-age children or not. There is just something in the air. So this, and more, in my column this week in The … Continue reading →

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