Blow your house down
As Hurricane Florence batters the North Carolina Coast and is expected to head up our way in a few days, I feel the need for comfort. (I will make pasta for dinner tonight: my go-to comfort food.) The shop … Continued
Just Perfect…
There was a student in my Creative Writing class at Country Day who was a brilliant girl. Sadly, she would rather accept an F than a B. I knew she was a powerful writer because when we wrote … Continued
Searching for Community
Sebastian Junger has written some great books based on his experiences while imbedded with troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. He also wrote about the traumatic events of The Perfect Storm. Those experiences with trauma and with the explosion of PTSD … Continued
Drop the F Bomb
As you might know, I have been thinking about creativity and change and how they intersect. Black Mountain is a place filled with creative people, and so most of the people I know here are “working” on themselves, hoping … Continued