Chrissie’s Blog
On the Road Again
August was insanely busy for me. In addition to taking the Magic Circle Summer Class with Diane Zinna each weekday from 9-10 a.m. and going to Table Rock Writers Workshop the final week of the month (when I missed the last three days of Magic Circle Summer), Russ and...
Self-Sabotage – The Writer’s Edition – All Personal Experience
Work half-ass on something and tell yourself you put your all into it. Submit your work (even your finest), to a publication that receives hundreds or thousands of responses in one reading period and then come down hard on yourself if it doesn’t get picked up. Tell...
People ARE Strange
Over the years, I have seen countless strange things in public. I did, after all, work as a librarian for twenty years earlier in my life. And I am related to the people who make up my family. And I grew up in Tazewell County, Virginia. And I have been blessed to...
First PostOp FollowUp With Surgeon
The first follow-up with my surgeon went very well! He's pleased with the amount of weight I've lost so far (12-14 pounds). I was permitted to resume so many normal activities: normal showering with washcloth on the wound sites (incisions are healing well); driving,...
Interview With Terry Shaw of Howling Hills Publishing
CAP: Why did you choose “gardens” as the topic for Howling Hills’ first book? And why East Tennessee, specifically? Terry: Gardening is something that still brings people together, despite their differences, and that’s something we need more than ever. Though I no...
John Mellencamp Concert, May 8, 2023, Nashville, TN, Ryman Auditorium
Great show by John Mellencamp a couple of months ago. It started off a little rough. Turner Classic Movies is sponsoring the tour, so we got to see bits of black & white movies for about an hour -- well, it felt like forever. Definitely some classics. Don’t get me...