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Flat Rock history via a road
Travelling back in time on a Flat Rock roadby Rob Neufeld If you walk the one mile length of North Highland Lake Road in Flat Rock, you step nearly 200 years into the past. At the east end, the 21st century reigns. Fronting six-lane Spartanburg Highway, a super-Ingles sits above a bog; and a CVS store faces an Octopus Garden smoke shop, a chiropractor, a cell phone provider, and a six-lane avenue to I-26 a mile away . Neither Ingles nor CVS carries the big…See More
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Connie Regan-Blake Storytelling at Hendersonville Public Library at Henderson County Public Library - Main Branch
June 13, 2019 from 6pm to 7pm
Join Connie Regan-Blake for a family oriented evening of stories at the Hendersonville Library.See More
Connie Regan-Blake’s 14th Annual Summer Storytelling Retreat & Adventure at StoryWindow Productions
July 14, 2019 at 10am to July 20, 2019 at 4pm
Come to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville for 7 days of story-listening & story-telling along with coaching, community & supportive exploration. This 14th annual workshop welcomes all levels of expertise, from beginner to experienced teller. Participants discover ways of being in the world that nurture your creative flow while developing skills to: Find, create, learn, and polish storiesEffectively integrate voice with image,…See More
Connie Regan-Blake presents A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories at Black Mountain Center for the Arts
April 6, 2019 from 7:30pm to 9pm
Please join nationally celebrated storyteller, Connie Regan-Blake, as she hosts her workshop participants in an enchanting evening of storytelling in “A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories.” Here are the tellers for our April 6th “Slice of Life” performance. Christine Phillips Westfeldt, Kyra Freeman, Steve Tate, Alberta Hipps and more! The event is hosted by the …See More
Connie Regan-Blake's Taking Your Story to the Stage Workshop at StoryWindow Productions
April 5, 2019 to April 7, 2019
The focus of this “Taking Your Story to the Stage” 3-day workshop is on storytelling performance. Each participant is asked to come with a story that is almost “stage-ready.” Set in Connie’s home tucked in the beautiful mountains surrounding Asheville, NC, this workshop provides a supportive,…See More
Stealth Hazy - 'Gun Clap'
Stealth Hazy - Gun ClapI got 80 rounds with a beam on it riding dirty I'm smoking chronic top off hear that system pound 808 thats subsonicI double down quadruple upstraight droppin with no cutwilt chamberlain on the reboundand you a fan just starstruckI…See More
Connie Regan-Blake’s 14th Annual Summer Storytelling Retreat & Adventure at StoryWindow Productions
July 14, 2019 at 10am to July 20, 2019 at 4pm
Come to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville for 7 days of story-listening & story-telling along with coaching, community & supportive exploration. This 14th annual workshop welcomes all levels of expertise, from beginner to experienced teller. Participants discover ways of being in the world that nurture your creative flow while developing skills to: Find, create, learn, and polish storiesEffectively integrate voice with image,…See More
Montreat College Friends of the Library Celebrate National Library Week at Graham Chapel, Gaither Hall, Montreat College, Montreat, NC
April 9, 2019 from 3pm to 5pm
Patti Callahan, author of the recent novel Becoming Mrs. Lewis, and Don W. King author of Out of My Bone: the Letters of Joy Davidman, A Naked Tree: Love Sonnets to C. S. Lewis, and Yet One More Spring: a Critical Study of Joy Davidman, will co-present on their works about Joy and her husband C.S. Lewis. The event is free and open to the public on April 9, 2019 in Graham Chapel, Gaither Hall, Montreat College.Reception and Book signing to followSee More
TWO NEW APPALACHIAN NOVELS
I have, just released two Appalachian Novels.OUT OF THE SHADOWS, begins deep in the Appalachian Mountains of in WNC. It is partly a true story about a young man who ran away from home at the age of fifteen. He meets another runaway, and they fall in love.A journey where he faced adversaries, but also success as he walked, hitchhiked, and made his way across the country.GONE LIKE A CANDLE IN THE WIND, is a story of three young people growing up in a farming community in the Appalachian…See More
The Main Show
The Main Show: a story-poem stage presentation(part of Living Poem)See video of Act 1, Scene 1: The SettingProgram Notes (A program note reader comes out to read from the program notes.) Reader: Don’t listen, children, and do not hear.(A monster is coming and there’s no escapeWithin this story, and no good way to tell it, Except to gaze at the horror as at a…See More
Hollywood Pictures Inc in Fairview
In the 1920's it seemed the whole country was caught up in excitement about films and Hollywood. Asheville and Western North Carolina were well aware of the hoopla of Hollywood. In fact, Hollywood (or at least filmmaking) was already beginning to come to Western NC.I recently stumble across an article from the Jun 6 1926 issue of The Asheville Citizen Times which mentions that Hollywood Pictures Inc, was planning to film just south of Asheville, near Fairview. But....was this really…See More
Connie Regan-Blake CD Release event: Leap and Laugh! Tales of Adventure
March 10, 2019 from 7:30pm to 10pmConnie Regan-Blake CD Release event: Leap and Laugh! Tales of Adventure
March 10, 2019 from 7:30pm to 10pm
January 2010 Blog Posts (15)
Appalachian Writers
I'd like to introduce you to Peggy Poe Stern-have you ever heard of her? I've only known her a few months-I believe she may be one of the best kept secrets of Western NC.
I stumbled onto Peggy's website one day-and once I realized she was an Appalachian Writer I began to click around-all of my clicking landed me on an excerpt from one of her books. I could not stop… Continue
Added by Tipper on January 30, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments
Great Smokies fiction classes unlock your inner writer
Almost everyone has dreams of being a writer. But moving those dreams out of the clouds and onto paper can be a real struggle. Sometimes the solid ideas just won’t come. In other cases, the ideas are within reach, but knowing how to structure those ideas into language and a format that other people might enjoy remains elusive.
While writing is ultimately a solitary pursuit, some instruction and feedback can smooth the process, helping you to keep moving toward your dreams instead of… Continue
While writing is ultimately a solitary pursuit, some instruction and feedback can smooth the process, helping you to keep moving toward your dreams instead of… Continue
Added by Caralyn Davis on January 26, 2010 at 4:17pm — No Comments
Creative juices frozen? Great Smokies poetry class zaps them into life
The mere thought of writing poetry can stir up buried, primal fears of failure and inadequacy. Normally stalwart people, brows pale and sweaty with visions of being unable to produce even a decent ending to “Roses are red, violets are blue,” lament: “Write poetry? I don’t know how! I’m not a poet!”
But every human being on the planet has the potential to be a poet, and writing poetry isn’t scary. It’s actually a useful process for awakening both your creativity and your love of… Continue
But every human being on the planet has the potential to be a poet, and writing poetry isn’t scary. It’s actually a useful process for awakening both your creativity and your love of… Continue
Added by Caralyn Davis on January 26, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments
Hog Killing In Appalachia
All one has to do is to take a walk through the local grocery store's meat department to see the variety it holds. Back in the day-before meat was so readily available-pork was the staple meat for most mountain families.
In the very early days-before the chestnut blight-most folks in Appalachia let their hogs free range and forage for their own food. After the blight, and as the land became more populated-folks kept their hogs closer to… Continue
Added by Tipper on January 23, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments
Home Again
Picking you up from the airport;
jet airliner bringing you home once again.
Waiting for the plane in the cold wind,
while the sun brings glory to the West.
How long has it been since I’ve touched you?
Almost a million miles ago it seems.
Absence doesn’t get any easier,
when your face won’t leave my dreams.
Seeing your smile, hearing your laugh;
they fill every room that you’re in.
Eagerly searching for… Continue
jet airliner bringing you home once again.
Waiting for the plane in the cold wind,
while the sun brings glory to the West.
How long has it been since I’ve touched you?
Almost a million miles ago it seems.
Absence doesn’t get any easier,
when your face won’t leave my dreams.
Seeing your smile, hearing your laugh;
they fill every room that you’re in.
Eagerly searching for… Continue
Added by Chuck Connors on January 18, 2010 at 3:09pm — No Comments
Propositioning the Rich Italian
TITLE: Propositioning the Rich Italian
AUTHOR: Stephanie Morris
AUTHOR URL: http://www.stephaniemorris.webs.com
GENRE/THEME: Contemporary Interracial Romance
URL TO THE BUYING PAGE: http://www.bookstrand.com/node/805943
SERIES: Indulgence – Book 1 of… Continue
Added by Author Stephanie Morris on January 17, 2010 at 1:11pm — No Comments
Heartsick Over Haiti
The first news of the day was tough to take. Tragedy has once again come to the impoverished nation of Haiti. By now everyone following the news knows it is the poorest country in the western hemisphere and that 80% of its people live in poverty.
What might not be remembered are the news reports from 2008 when the Haitian people were making cookies with dirt and oil and water. As food prices around the world began to rise, those were the only ingredients some caregivers could obtain to mix… Continue
What might not be remembered are the news reports from 2008 when the Haitian people were making cookies with dirt and oil and water. As food prices around the world began to rise, those were the only ingredients some caregivers could obtain to mix… Continue
Added by Kathleen Buerer on January 13, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments
Poetry
Even though I am not a poet, every so often I'll spit out a poem. Two of them were recently published: one in The Nervous Breakdown and the other in OCEAN Magazine (where I also have a photograph that accompanies another writer's poem). Always good to have an acceptance to give us a boost,
Added by Kathryn Magendie on January 10, 2010 at 8:56pm — 2 Comments
Here We Go Again!
It's time to wait with held breath while the publishers' editors look at my book (Secret Graces) to see if they like it. Time to pick out covers. Time to go over galley proofs. Time to anticipate release date. A year after TG's release and here I go again. I hope the book will be well received. It's a whole other critter when you write for a deadline that is months in the making instead of "having all the time in the world" to write a novel... egads!
But, it's all exciting, right?… Continue
But, it's all exciting, right?… Continue
Added by Kathryn Magendie on January 10, 2010 at 8:48pm — No Comments
Halls of the Dying
Late at night, when only a few ghost-like workers are stirring
I enter the hallowed halls of the dying.
Like a crypt, everything dark, I feel my way from doorway to doorway
hearing the groans and the cries of the dying.
Ghastly sounds reverberate through these forbidden caverns;
lost souls forever grasping for salvation.
Creeping along, my senses alert for hidden dangers
I pause in front of one room and
the smell tells me where I am.
Stepping into… Continue
I enter the hallowed halls of the dying.
Like a crypt, everything dark, I feel my way from doorway to doorway
hearing the groans and the cries of the dying.
Ghastly sounds reverberate through these forbidden caverns;
lost souls forever grasping for salvation.
Creeping along, my senses alert for hidden dangers
I pause in front of one room and
the smell tells me where I am.
Stepping into… Continue
Added by Chuck Connors on January 9, 2010 at 10:44am — No Comments
Warren Wilson MFA lectures
I have been to two of the morning lectures offered by the Warren Wilson MFA this month (January 2010) and was blown away. This is exactly the kind of readings I have been looking for; rich and technical, with as much philosophy as craft. I have always wanted to be a part of this kind of dicsussion with other writers. It's very generous of the college to open these lectures to the public. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
Who among you in the Asheville area would like to… Continue
Who among you in the Asheville area would like to… Continue
Added by Jennifer McLean on January 5, 2010 at 3:57pm — 1 Comment
author benefits
Authors are finding it an attractive option to self-publish. However, the need for Medical Insurance and retirement is a major consideration. I have looked into International Medical Insurance options to see how authors in other parts of the world are handling this issue. Are there networks for writers that could provide a discount on… Continue
Added by Cindy Fallsen on January 4, 2010 at 5:13pm — No Comments
White Crosses
White crosses alongside the road
honoring the memory of the recently slain.
How did it come that these people died
here—what were they like, while they still lived?
Cars and trucks speed past obliviously,
ignoring the ghosts of the freshly passed.
Each one of us hopes that we’ll still be remembered;
long after we’re gone to the other side.
But what if no one
visited us or mourned?
Left us for dead,
our faces forever forgotten in… Continue
honoring the memory of the recently slain.
How did it come that these people died
here—what were they like, while they still lived?
Cars and trucks speed past obliviously,
ignoring the ghosts of the freshly passed.
Each one of us hopes that we’ll still be remembered;
long after we’re gone to the other side.
But what if no one
visited us or mourned?
Left us for dead,
our faces forever forgotten in… Continue
Added by Chuck Connors on January 2, 2010 at 3:23pm — No Comments
Early Morning Departure
Driving you to the airport for an early morning departure,
Wind blowing the rain against the wipers of the truck.
Lifting your heavy bag it thumps on the pavement,
Wondering to myself just what you could have packed?
Ducking out of the storm, bursting into the check-in,
Runaway children caught in a moment of time.
Saying my farewells I look into your eyes;
Wishing you a safe journey, Godspeed to your kin.
Sharing one last long,… Continue
Wind blowing the rain against the wipers of the truck.
Lifting your heavy bag it thumps on the pavement,
Wondering to myself just what you could have packed?
Ducking out of the storm, bursting into the check-in,
Runaway children caught in a moment of time.
Saying my farewells I look into your eyes;
Wishing you a safe journey, Godspeed to your kin.
Sharing one last long,… Continue
Added by Chuck Connors on January 2, 2010 at 3:19pm — No Comments
Happy New Year from the Blind Pig & The Acorn
As I look back over 2009 I'm happy with the progress made over on the Blind Pig & The Acorn site-mostly I'm thankful I have great readers who have made 2009 a banner year for the Blind Pig.
Each post I write in an effort to promote, preserve, and celebrate Appalachian culture and heritage is made better by the comments folks leave. Maybe they don't realize it-but each one is part…
Added by Tipper on January 2, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments
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