The Gift of Time

November 26, 2010

November 24, 2010 My father is 92, and my mother turns 90 later this month. My two sisters and I will be with them in Philadelphia to celebrate the big event. Mother will be thrilled to see her three daughters in one place – getting together for her Thanksgiving birthday has been a family tradition [...]

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Recent Events

November 11, 2010

“Miss Jeannie” adorns the cover of a book I recently finished editing: Love at First Light, the Story of a Homeless Shelter for Women and Children. Psychologist and writer Ellen Dossett is the author of this history of a Birmingham, Alabama homeless shelter. First light began serving Birmingham’s inner city population in the early 1980s, [...]

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Story Time

October 18, 2010

At a recent reading at Flyleaf Books, in Chapel Hill by writers from my weekly workshops. All of my workshops are nonfiction—folks write lively, fresh, and inspiring personal narratives about childhood, survival, quirky moments from life–the things they celebrate. At our last reading (the “after party,” above) we had over 100 people and a festive [...]

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Shopping Matters

May 15, 2010

September 8, 2010 My latest column in CHN’s long-running “My View” series. I am what I call a schizo-shopper. Are you? Let me explain. On Tuesday evenings I head over to a parking lot in Carrboro to choose fresh produce from a local farmer. We’re part of a farmer-consumer relationship called Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). [...]

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May 3, 2010

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I Ride My Bicycle

May 2, 2010
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