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Eat This, It’ll Make You Feel Better: Finding Solace After Hurricane Helene at the Farmer’s Market

Two weeks after Helene I meet two friends at the farmers’ market. I’ve been away for two weeks in Florida, staying with family and waiting for my power and water to come back on. In the short time I’ve been home, thrilled to have my oven back, I’ve been baking and cooking a lot. AsContinue reading “Eat This, It’ll Make You Feel Better: Finding Solace After Hurricane Helene at the Farmer’s Market”

Jump, Jive and Wail

My latest story in Mountain Xpress is about a vintage jukebox that traveled cross country to its new home at the Asheville Radio Museum.

Wintering Bees

Here’s a video I made of Beekeeper Eric Moellering tending an apiary that’s nestled on the college campus where I work. In the late fall the queen lays a special group of winter bees that some biologists consider a separate caste. These larva are fed a special diet scarce in protein (pollen), which causes themContinue reading “Wintering Bees”

With These Hands

A short documentary I made with Marianna Palladino about the Maine State Prison that gives a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the lives of three prisoners turned working artists.

Bohemian Rhapsody for a Barefoot Queen

The first of a new monthly column I will write on everyday musings and adventures.

Tesla Sparks the Strength to Power On

I love this poem by my honey, Jason Imanuel, published this month on Poets Online. RESISTANCE LIGHTS THE WAYStep right this way!See with your own eyes where most men shy away!Your future is now!Called the raconteur, his barker’s baritone glowingas Thomas Edison, the djinn of direct current, declared,“…alternating currents kill!”which is how he made thoseContinue reading “Tesla Sparks the Strength to Power On”