Kim’s impressions of Asheville, North Carolina, days before Hurricane Helene decimated the area.
Category: Random Thoughts
Banned Books
It is banned books week, and though it comes around every year, this year, it hurts. There are so very many books being “banned.” You have to ask yourself, who is doing all this banning and for what reason? What are they afraid of? That our children might learn to think? That they might be…
TACWT23
Who is TACWT? I have just returned from TACWT 23. That stands for the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers, and next year, I’ll post that as TACW 24. The name of the organization isn’t changing, just the name of our EVENT, since we hope to attract some new writers to the organization. It is…
Interview with Jade & Wilnona
I had the pleasure of speaking with Jade & Wilnona, the “And I Thought” ladies last week. Jade & Wilnona are two multi-talented ladies who really know what’s going on in the publishing world right now. I pulled this introduction from their website: The Ladies of And I Thought [are] an award winning group of…
Taking Stock
I’m taking stock of what I’ve written during the pandemic.
Continuing to Workshop
My life is pretty chaotic. I am a publisher, sometimes professor, mother, and wife. I have a house full of animals to care for and an acre of land to “husband.” My kids are grown, but they still turn to me to sort stuff out. And until recently, I had at least one aging parent…
The Catnip Wars
It’s come to it at last. Scuffles in broad daylight over the catnip patch. Fluffy Bum, who rarely ventures outside has discovered Miss Kitten’s well kept secret. There’s catnip in the vegetable bed. In hindsight, Miss Kitten’s been hiding her little habit very well. We just thought she was feeling good for her age. Little…
Immortals in the Fog
Why do people drive around in the fog with no headlights on? Do they think they are immortal? This morning we had to go through a thick fog on the way to school, which makes me nervous to begin with. I mean it’s one thing when I’m alone in the car, but when my children…