I practiced being a normal human being today. My friend and colleague Angie Mattson Stegall and I got together at the Biltmore Estate for a maste…Read more
I’ve never had so much fun picking up trash. Gerton residents and others gathered together yesterday for a cleanup in the downtown area of Gerton…Read more
Gratitude has changed for me since Hurricane Helene. It’s no longer a litany of things I am grateful for or should be grateful for. It’s not a…Read more
We’re on week two of having armed guards with semi-automatic rifles at the entrance to Gerton. We went about a week and a half without any securi…Read more
Water is the foundation of life, but my relationship with it has changed so much since Hurricane Helene. It’s Day 53 and Asheville still has no w…Read more
There are many people who want to help, following a crisis. Unaffected people descend on scenes of disasters to volunteer, flooding them with don…Read more
There is a name for how many people have responded, in the wake of Helene. It is called Catastrophe Compassion. Catastrophe Compassion is wide…Read more
My husband and I do not always see eye-to-eye when it comes to politics. We often vote differently. We often disagree. We have the same fundam…Read more
There’s a homeless dog that has been wandering around since the Hurricane. He is reddish brown, 50 or 60 pounds, middle-aged, and may be a Black …Read more