On Being Tired

On Being Tired

Oct 17, 2024 | Memoir

“She did not want to move, or to speak. She wanted to rest, to lean, to dream. She felt very tired.” – Virginia Woolf “She did not want to move, or to speak. She wanted to rest, to lean, to dream. She felt very tired.” – Virginia Woolf I feel this...
35th High School Class Reunion

35th High School Class Reunion

Oct 13, 2024 | Memoir

After months of preparations and excited planning, the 35th Class Reunion of the Class of 1989 met in Tazewell, Virginia, over the weekend, some members coming from a far away as Alabama (Jeff Price), Arkansas (Robbie Yost), and Florida (Kenny Lowe). Some class...
INTERVIEW: Linda Hooper and Sharon Shadrick

INTERVIEW: Linda Hooper and Sharon Shadrick

Oct 10, 2024 | Memoir, Writing Life

What do eighth graders in a small Appalachian town in south-central Tennessee know about the Holocaust? More than you’d imagine.  I just got back from Whitwell, TN, about thirty-five minutes northwest of Chattanooga, where I interviewed co-authors Linda Hooper and...
Thousand-Year Floods

Thousand-Year Floods

Sep 27, 2024 | Memoir

This is the second thousand-year flood I have skirted. The first was two years ago when I was trapped for a few hours at the Hindman Settlement School in Hindman, KY, at the Appalachian Writers Workshop. I didn’t leave my safe place high on the hill in Preece to go...
Running Late

Running Late

Aug 22, 2024 | Memoir

Picture it. Emory & Henry College, circa 1989-1993. I was never on time for anything. Except usually my period. When I told my Mom I wanted to Rush in order to be in a Sorority, he was unfamiliar with the lingo and sarcastically replied, “Why? You’ve never been in...
Sandy Peters

Sandy Peters

Aug 3, 2024 | Memoir

Sandra Hill Peters was born on April 8, 1942, and died on July 18, 2024. She was preceded in death by her husband Arthur Russell Peters, on April 22, 2024. She is survived by a sister, Hilda, in Florida, and a brother, Stan, in Kentucky. She is survived by her...