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Today I photocopied and collated the RAPG grant seeking funding for AWP Chicago. I finished a pile of submissions for an anthology I’m editing. And now I will write a cover letter to a NY agency [...]

I am applying to two grants and two fellowships between now and November. First: Regional Artist Project Grant (www.ashevillearts.org)This application is done, less the two letters of reference, [...]

A letter arrives, post restante, from Jerusalem. Funny, how spring-infested love comes back during this week of full-moon summer. Do I remember him? How could I forget! “Written letters entail a [...]

We’ve been doing a lot more karate in class since I talkd to Hanshi, and by the looks of the drills he’s asking us to do, he will ask me to try sparring sometime soon. I can’t say I’m afraid of [...]

As the tables clear out and things wind down in the back, I catch Veva’s eye, her sun gold smile that of a true friend. “I’m so glad you’re here, Katey.” “I’m glad you’re here,” I say. Veva [...]

HERE’S ANOTHER: When my neighbor Bill invited me in last week to talk about our driveway, I got up the nerve to ask him if he trained. Whether he’s a nervous talker or just a talker I [...]

Thirteen thousand million things happened today. I’m going to see if I can write about some of them: It’s my day off and it’s hot in BigCity, NC where I’ve driven for an appointment with my [...]

This year, instead of staying underground with Shady’s Café, we go above ground with The Dinner Club, a higher-class reservations-only benefit dinner for the local Montessori school. Emphasis on [...]

I’m gearing up to write an essay about another underground restaurant experience and in an attempt to re-read the history, I found these old blog posts. These links will be posted again [...]

“I’ll tell you what, I don’t know how you do it. This road is a wreck. How do you manage in winter?” says Dave, a native of Fork Mountain whom I’ve invited up the road to get an estimate on [...]