Charleston, SC Do you fall in love with authors or characters in books? Or am I the weird one? I fall hard. Many men and women have become the object of my affections. The latest in this line is Pat Conroy. And this is our second time around. I honestly do not remember when I …
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November This and That: The “Lit” Edition
(artwork: Madison, 8th grade girlie) My "real" job involves spending five days a week with middle schoolers. Trying to guide them. Giving them opportunities to help others. Helping them learn how to study. Setting goals and working towards achieving those goals. Showing them ways to be kind. General nagging. Showing them the beauty of speaking …
Miss Spruce Pine
This is a look at Chalk Mountain, taken from the road between Spruce Pine and Bakersville. It's not the prettiest view, I suppose, but it is one I associate with home. I lived in those mountains for 22 years, 18 in Spruce Pine, 4 in Linville and Boone. I still tell people I am from …
City Daily Photo- Me!
City Daily Photo's June theme is ME. I found this out by looking at Virginia Jones' Paris Through My Lens blogpost. This photo of ME was taken by a student during our 2017 school trip to France. We spent a week in Paris and then headed south on the TGV to Avignon. It was a …
Small things, great things, great love
It is hard to believe. September has arrived. It came in rainy yesterday here in my little corner of North Carolina. Hurricane season. My thoughts continue to be with the people in Texas who lost family, pets, and all of their worldly belongings. Stuff is stuff and can be replaced, but some of the stuff …
Les photos de Fanny
I would like for you to meet my French sister, Fanny. We have been friends since we were introduced by Olivier in... let's see, March 2010 (thank you, Google photos!). Fanny was Olivier's son's English teacher at the collège (middle school in France) in Villeneueve-lez-Avignon. Olivier and I became friends through a website called French …
Summer to-do list
I am sort of a list maker. Not that I always can find the list. Or that I take it out and look at it. Or that I actually cross off everything more than two items. But I feel as if I have accomplished something just by writing the to-dos on a notepad. Mary Kay consultants …
The Red Boots of Courage
Tomorrow, when I get dressed, I will slip my feet into what I call my Red Boots of Courage. It's going to be a long day. Americans will choose the 45th President of the United States in the 58th election held since we became a country. All American women have had the right to vote …
the sabbatical chef 