Busy Week
View of the Tennessee River from the visitor's center off Neyland Drive. It's been a busy week—too busy for my usual post on my trip. I...
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The Blog.
I post every Wednesday and Saturday about writing, editing, teaching, and travel.
- Jan 22
- 2 min
To Be Remembered
In this post, I stray from my usual writing theme, though you had better believe I edited this for hours before posting! Reflection of...
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- Jan 19
- 4 min
The Black Church of Brasov
At the end of 2022, I spent one month traveling in Romania, Turkey, and Greece. I spent a little over two weeks in Brasov, Romania,...
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- Jan 5
- 1 min
Come, Storm
Forest of my childhood braved, blazed, razed, consumed by the night. Stands solemn now in winter. Fights fire with ice. My dad and I...
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- Jan 1
- 2 min
New Year, Same Me
I've lived through enough New Year's to know that nothing magical happens at midnight on December 31st. As a kid, I remember standing in...
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- Dec 29, 2022
- 1 min
Home, Not Home
It's always strange, being home. Home where I was a child, where I became a not-child, where I am not a child anymore. I sat on this tree...
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- Nov 19, 2022
- 1 min
Travel and Blogging
I am behind on posting, but that's no surprise. I may give up entirely until after my trip. Travel takes it out of you, and it's hard to...
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- Oct 27, 2022
- 2 min
When Adventure Calls
I planned to write about writing today, but my heart just wasn't in it. I lost one a great post last Saturday, folks. It's going to be...
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- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
Frustration
Well, folks. I'm frustrated. I spent the last three hours fine-tuning a post about target audience, but stupidly, I hadn't saved it...
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- Oct 6, 2022
- 1 min
Lessons from Nature
I missed my post last Saturday; it was a rough day. I'm working on this Saturday's post; it's going to be a good day. On good days and...
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- Sep 29, 2022
- 1 min
Ride
I went for a ride on Sunday. When I left my house, the sky was bright and gay. When I got to my halfway point — East Tennessee's...
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- Sep 25, 2022
- 3 min
Consistency
So you want to start a blog? And you want to be successful? Good luck. There are more than 600 million blogs on the internet today...
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- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
Confession
One of my favorite views in Knoxville is from the parking lot at U.T.'s visitor's center. Nestled into the hill on the west side of...
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- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
Just start
Just start, they said. And so I did. After years of procrastinating, on a day when the power went out—when there was no internet; no...
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