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Saturday, July 4, 2009

Twenty Ten - planning ahead


Today I received my contract from John C. Campbell Folk School for a class I'm planning to teach in December 2010. Imagine, twenty-ten. That is next year and already I have plans for December. This class will be for folks who want to write their Christmas Stories. Don't we all have stories of Christmases past? I know I do.

The book published last year by Catawba Press, Christmas Presence, will be our text for this class. I am sure my students who often come from distant states will enjoy the Appalachian stories in this book.


The class I planned to teach in July at Tri-County College in Murphy NC had to be cancelled due to my husband's illness, but I hope we can hold that class in the fall of 2009. A number of former students had registered and I must ask their forgiveness but I know they understand.

Planning ahead is something I've always done. I keep a calendar and mark all important dates, but for over a year my life has been as uncertain as a summer thunder storm. I don't know what is coming, but I do see clouds gathering on the horizon. In the past I'd have closed all the windows, taken the clothes off the line, and called my dog inside.


Today, I look at those thunderheads forming and say to myself, they will blow over. I have no fear.



6 comments:

  1. I so enjoyed that collection of stories! :)

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  2. So did I, Kathryn. I love Christmas and I always have.
    I think this class will be lots of fun.

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  3. Glenda:
    Sounds like a marvelous class for Christmas. Hopefully, I'll be able to take it. I would love to take this class at that time of the year to get into the holiday mood. We hope you and BB are doing well.

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  4. Hi Brenda Kay and Tipper, so glad you dropped by and left a comment.
    Sorry I wasn't at CWP today, but I heard that you did a find job as MC Brenda. Thanks for carrying on.

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  5. Glenda, Perhaps you just need a good raincoat made out of love.

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  6. What a precious thought, Joan. A raincoat made of love. That would take care of everything, wouldn't it?

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