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  • Re-Run: “Patchwork,” April 2010

    Re-Run: “Patchwork,” April 2010

    This post was originally published on the blog for “Patchwork: A Chronicle of Alabama in the New South,” my Surdna Foundation Artist Teacher Fellowship project…

  • Deep Southern Gardening Mysteries #10 and #11

    Last week, my daughter and I went hiking in Chewacla State Park, near Auburn, and I stopped to look at both of these plants. Since…

  • A writer-editor-teacher’s quote of the week #112

    A writer-editor-teacher’s quote of the week #112

    Run fast, stand still. This, the lesson from lizards. Observe almost any survival creature, you see the same. Jump, run, freeze. In the ability to…

  • The Passive Activist, a recap

    The Passive Activist, a recap

    We Americans are living with an unprecedented absence of leadership. In the Deep South, we have lived with this void for most of our history,…