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Tag Archives: WNC
New column: “Shower shoes, tears: It’s time for summer camp”
This week’s newspaper column is about the fact that I have let my 8 year-old daughter go to sleepaway camp, 3 hours away, for the first time. And I’m wondering if I’ve lost my mind. So summer, camp, kids, parenting, … Continue reading
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Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, children, CNF, creative nonfiction, daughter, daughters, essay, first time, girls, homesickness, hope, independence, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, mama, motherhood, overnight camp, parenthood, parenting, personal, sleepaway, STEM, summer camp, The Greenville News, WNC
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New column: “Tales from a failed gardener”
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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Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, black thumb, CNF, column, columnist, creative nonfiction, essay, failed gardener, failing, garden, gardening, get outside, green thumb, journalist, Katherine Scott Crawford, newspaper, outdoors, parenting, planting, plants, SC, spring, The Greenville News, try again, vegetables, WNC
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New column: “Weddings celebrate all the ties that bind”
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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Tagged Asheville Citizen-Times, camp, Camp Pinnacle, camp wedding, CNF, columnist, creative nonfiction, essay, Flat Rock, friendship, Katherine Scott Crawford, love, marriage, memories, NC, newspaper column, old friends, outdoor wedding, personal, reunions, The Greenville News, wedding, weddings, WNC, youth
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New column: “‘Thank you’ notes, and the case for gentility”
Hi, all. My most recent newspaper column is about “thank you” notes, gentility, parenting, the modern world, and my being tired. (Just kidding about the last one. Or not.) I hope y’all enjoy it. To read, click here.
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Tagged 2018, appreciation, Asheville Citizen-Times, essay, gentility, gifts, graciousness, gratitude, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, letters, mail, manners, NC, parenting, presents, SC, Southern, thank you, thank you notes, thanks, The Greenville News, WNC, written word
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New column: “Winter is a time to dream”
Winter is my favorite time to be a writer. As the winter landscape silvers and chills, my mind–and imagination–seem to open that much wider. So this, and more, in my newspaper column this week. To read, click here.
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Tagged Andrew Wyeth, Asheville Citizen-Times, cold, creative nonfiction, dreaming, essay, Greenville County Museum of Art, Katherine Scott Crawford, life, NC, outdoors, painting, parenting, peace, personal essay, quotations, SC, seasons, stillness, Terri Guillemets, The Greenville News, winter, winter landscape, WNC, writer, writers, writing
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New column: “You’re too hard on yourself”
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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Tagged Asheville, Citizen-Times, columnist, creative nonfiction, essay, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids and body, life, newspaper column, parenting, parts of the body, perfectionist, periods, road trip, teaching daughter about menstruation, The Greenville News, time of the month, too hard on yourself, upstate south carolina, WNC, writer, writing
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New column: “Play the tourist in your own town”
I am lucky to live in a vacation destination. This means dealing with tourists. Thankfully, my 8 year-old reminds me of the joy in this. To read my column this week in The Greenville News (with tons of big, pretty … Continue reading
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Tagged biking, Bracken Mountain Bakery, Brevard, children, climbing, columnist, Cradle of Forestry, creative nonfiction, essay, Forest Discovery Center, hiking, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, NC, newspaper column, O.P. Taylor's, parenting, Pisgah National forest, The Greenville News, tourists, toy store, vacation destination, WNC
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New column: “Ours is a collective heart”
Recently, I had the honor of being asked to speak to the United Methodist Women’s group at the church where I grew up, in Greenville, South Carolina. It was a wonderful night, to say the least … but beforehand, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Aldersgate United Methodist Church, articles, columnist, competition, creative nonfiction, equality, faith, female friendships, feminism, feminist, friendship, Greenville, Katherine Scott Crawford, leadership, love, modern women, motherhood, NC, newspaper column, parenting, SC, sisterhood, sisters, The Greenville News, united methodist women, we are all sisters, WNC, womanhood, women
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New column: “End of semester crunch time”
It’s that time of year: crunch time for teachers, students, and parents. And I am buried beneath a pile of papers. Help! Kidding. Only a little. That and more in my column this week in The Greenville News. To read, … Continue reading
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Tagged article, column, columnist, crunch time, education, English grading papers, final exams, finals, Greenville, higher education, Katherine Scott Crawford, kids, NC, newspaper column, parenting, parents, professor, SC, school, students, teaching, The Greenville News, WNC
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