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Tag Archives: South Carolina
New column: “A trip down memory lane”
My newspaper column this week is about a trip my cousin and I took down memory lane, to our old stomping grounds at Clemson University. It’s also about college, memory, family, parenting, and more. I hope y’all enjoy it! To … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, children, Clemson University, CNF, college, column, cousins, creative nonfiction, essay, gardens, get outside, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, memory lane, newspaper column, nostalgia, parenting, personal, South Carolina, South Carolina Botanical Gardens, The Greenville News
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New column: “A Confederate flag story, a story I’m embarrassed to tell”
This week in my column in The Greenville News, I wrote about something I did as a 13 year-old: something that has haunted me ever since. It involves race, friendship, history, a letter to the editor, and the Confederate flag. … Continue reading
A new essay in “Past-Ten”: on memory and miscarriage
A few months ago, a writer/author/teacher/editor friend of mine, the lovely Donald Quist, asked me to submit a piece to his online journal, Past-Ten. Past-Ten is a wonderful publication that asks the question, “What were you doing on this day … Continue reading
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Tagged 2007, coast, creative nonfiction, dogs, Donald Quist, essay, journey, July 19, life, marriage, memoir, memory, miscarriage, past, Past-Ten, personal essay, South Carolina
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New column: “Find that special spot wherever you are”
There are cool little places, and new things to do, wherever we are. Let’s go on an adventure! That’s my column today in The Greenville News. To read it, click here.
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Tagged adventure, alligators, Brookgreen Gardens, butterfly house, columnist, education, egrets, environment, fairy tales, family, get outside, great outdoors, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, marsh tacky, Murrells Inlet, naturalist, nature, newspaper column, outdoor educator, outdoor family, outdoor life, parenting, Ribbit Exhibit, river otters, road trip, SC, South Carolina, Spanish goat, Storybook houses, The Greenville News
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New event in Greenville, South Carolina – May 2, 2017
Hi, all. I’m thrilled to announce that on May 2nd, I’ll be speaking at the Mother/Daughter/Sister/Friend Banquet at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Greenville, South Carolina. Hosted by the United Methodist Women, our theme will be “We Are All Sisters!” … Continue reading
Walking the Story: a new essay at the Bell Bridge Books blog
Happy, Happy Friday, friends! A short piece of mine is currently being featured at my publisher’s website. Called “Walking the Story,” it’s about how I quite literally walked, hiked, backpacked, paddled, climbed and swam the story as I wrote my … Continue reading
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Tagged backcountry, backpacking, Bell Bridge Books, BelleBooks, blogs, Cherokee Indians, climbing, colonial period, essays, Georgia, hiking, historical fiction, historical novel, Katherine Scott Crawford, Keowee Valley, North Carolina, paddling, Revolutionary war, South Carolina, swimming, Tennessee
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What will we do without Pat Conroy?
This week’s column in The Greenville News is in memory of beloved South Carolina author Pat Conroy, who passed away very recently due to pancreatic cancer. There was no question, when it came time to write my next column, that it … Continue reading
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Tagged Beach Music, death, essay, favorite authors, great authors, grief, in memoriam, Katherine Scott Crawford, Lowcountry, My Reading Life, native son, Pat Conroy, Pat Conroy death, South Carolina, Southern authors, Southern literature, The Boo, The Death of Santini, The Great Santini, The Greenville News, The Prince of Tides, The Water is Wide
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Dear South Carolina – Love, Pat Conroy
By now, most of you know that South Carolina lost its native son, writer Pat Conroy, only this week to pancreatic cancer. Devastated, I’ve combed the Internet over the past several days for different obituaries and tributes to him. Today, … Continue reading
New column: “Is it true that ‘you can’t go home again’?”
In this week’s column in The Greenville News, I’m pondering on the notion of home. Was Thomas Wolfe right? Is it true that “you can’t go home again”? To read, click here.
