Tag Archives: The Greenville News

New column: “It’s time to donate the tiny toddler clothes, and big tears are falling”

Posted on May 31, 2018 by scout2011

Recently I decided it was time to pull my daughters’ baby and toddler clothes down from the attic, and give them away. I don’t know what I was thinking. The agony. So this, parenting, kids, childhood, memories, and more, in … Continue reading →

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New column: “Why do the children get left behind?”

Posted on May 24, 2018 by scout2011

Why so little funding for childhood cancer cures? Last week, the first of one of two columns I wrote about pediatric brain cancer, and my dear friends’ journey with it, was published. This week, the second column was published. While … Continue reading →

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New column: “Pediatric cancer is an emotional journey”

Posted on May 17, 2018 by scout2011

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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New column: “The view from my porch desk”

Posted on May 15, 2018 by scout2011

Spring has got me all nutty. I forgot to post last week’s newspaper column, which is about making my move to the desk on my front porch … where I can see the world go by. This might be a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, clutter, CNF, column, columnist, creative nonfiction, desk, essay, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, motherhood, newspaper, observing, parenting, porch, privacy, The Greenville News, watching the world go by, writing, writing desk | Leave a comment

New column: “Tales from a failed gardener”

Posted on May 10, 2018 by scout2011

Holy the-days-are-getting-away-from-me, Batman! I completely forgot to post last week’s newspaper column. Which is all about plants, and gardening, and failing at it. To read click here. I hope y’all enjoy it! Once the new one is published (i.e. this … Continue reading →

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New column: “Weddings celebrate all the ties that bind”

Posted on April 26, 2018 by scout2011

Weddings are so much fun, for so many different reasons. So: weddings, marriage, old friends, love, reunions, camp, and more, in my newspaper column this week. I hope y’all enjoy it! To read, click here.

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New column: “April’s forecast: sunny with a chance of grumpy”

Posted on April 19, 2018 by scout2011

April isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. So this, spring, life, poetry, and more, in my newspaper column this week. Hope y’all enjoy it! To read, click here.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged April, Asheville Citizen-Times, column, columnist, Edna St Vincent Millay, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, motherhood, newspaper column, parenting, poems, poetry, quotes, Robert Frost, seasons, spring, springtime, T.S. Eliot, the cruellest month, The Greenville News | Leave a comment

New column: “A trip down memory lane”

Posted on April 13, 2018 by scout2011

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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New column: “Birds of a feather”

Posted on April 8, 2018 by scout2011

Last week my kids (not me) were on Spring Break, and in the chaos I completely forgot to post my column. Here it is! It’s about birds of a feather, getting away, finding your flock. I hope y’all enjoy it! … Continue reading →

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New column: “She said, he heard: navigating relationship topography”

Posted on March 29, 2018 by scout2011

Relationships, (mis)communication, marriage, topographical maps, country music and more, in my newspaper column this week. I hope y’all enjoy it! To read, click here.

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