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Tag Archives: op ed
Let’s Connect! – My Newsletter
Hi, all! I’m launching a NEWSLETTER, delivered to your email Inbox only once per month. I hope you’ll sign up, and I hope you’ll share it with friends. Be the first to learn about my new books or writing, upcoming … Continue reading
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Over the Weekend I Pretend I’m a Writer
Just kidding. I know I’m a writer. It’s taken a while to accept it as a fact inside and out (yes, I’m aware that’s nuts; and yes, I have seen a therapist), but I’ve got it now. I may not … Continue reading
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Essay: Motherhood is an Act of Infinite Optimism
Happy Mother’s Day, y’all! Here’s a gift from me to you: a link to the Mother’s Day newspaper column I wrote for Gannett in 2017. I hope it makes you laugh. Motherhood is “an act of infinite optimism” My eternal … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Anderson Independent, article, columnist, daughters, Elizabeth Stone, Erma Bombeck, Gannett, humor, Katherine Scott Crawford, love, moms, Mother's Day, mothers, newspaper columnist, op ed, opinion, Tina Fey
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Happy Birthday, Will Shakespeare … whoever you are
My apologies, dear friends and readers, for being so absent. I was not the most frequent of communicators before Covid-19 sent all our lives into a tailspin, and now, well … we all know what now is. My creative life … Continue reading
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Tagged amwriting, books, Clemson University, CNF, College of Charleston, coronavirus, Covid-19, creative nonfiction, English department, English major, essay, happy birthday Shakespeare, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, MA in English, MFA, MFA in Writing, op ed, Shakespeare a woman, Shakespeare's birthday, The Complete Works of Shakespeare, thoughts, Vermont College of Fine Arts, William Shakespeare, words words words, writer, writing life
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New column: “Make 2019 the year of ‘come as you are'”
If we wait until we’re perfect, we will never do anything. This is a tough lesson to learn–one I struggle with daily. So: that, life, being awkward, scared, and hopeful, and more, in my newest newspaper column. I sure hope … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, anxiety, Asheville Citizen-Times, awkward, CNF, column, columnist, come as you are, creative nonfiction, essay, essayist, goals, Greenville News, imperfection, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, new year, newspaper, op ed, opinion, parenthood, parenting, perfection, scared, start before you're ready, thoughts
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New column: “Come together for the holidays, no matter your family’s traditions”
This is a season of celebration: of peace, hope, and good will, in faith traditions all over the world. In honor of Decemver 3rd marking the first day of Hanukkah, my newspaper column this week is about the history and … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, celebrations, Chanukah, Christmas, CNF, column, columnist, creative nonfiction, dreidel game, essay, faith, family, Greenville News, Hanukkah, history, hope, Jewish, Jewish traditions, Katherine Scott Crawford, menorah, newspaper column, op ed, opinion, parenting, peace, religion, traditions, world religions
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New column: “We give thanks in spite of ourselves”
Happy Thanksgiving, dear reader friends! I hope you are all celebrating today, and this week, with the people you love. Since childhood, Thanksgiving has been special to me. But I’ve struggled with the roots of the Thanksgiving story–mostly, with what … Continue reading
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Tagged America, American history, Asheville Citizen-Times, author, blessings, cakes, CNF, column, columnist, creative nonfiction, details, editorial, essay, Gannett, giving thanks, grace, grateful, Greenville News, history, Katherine Scott Crawford, middle age, Native Americans, newspaper, op ed, opinion, pies, pilgrims, Plimoth Plantation, settlement period, thankful, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving meal, turkey, United States of America, USA, USA Today, Wampanoag, writing
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New column: “Kindness is key, even (especially) when we disagree”
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
New column: “Here’s to the teachers, and here’s to us!”
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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Tagged academics, Asheville Citizen-Times, bravery, columnist, courage, creative nonfiction, education, educators, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, new school year, newspaper column, op ed, opinion, parenting, personal essay, teachers, teaching, The Greenville News, writer
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