Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Jackson County NCWN-West's April Open Mic Night CHANGE OF DATE--April 16th, not April 9th

CHANGE OF DATE!  Our original date of April 9th conflicted with the Writers' Night Out on April 9th, so we've moved back a week. The Jackson County branch of NCWN-West and City Lights Bookstore will host an April Open Mic night on April 16th at 7:30 via Zoom.  We'll plan for an hour and a half, with length of time for readings determined by how many people want to read.  For the Zoom link, please contact Jackson County reps Matt Nelson or Catherine Carter, or City Lights Bookstore in Sylva. We look forward to seeing some of you there! 

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Love in the Time of Corona by Lorraine Bennett

 


Lorraine Bennett lost both her mother and her husband last year.

Lorraine says, “The essay, Love in the Time of Corona is about visiting my ailing mother through a closed window at her nursing home.  It has been published in the Daniel Boone Footsteps Personal Story Publishing Project’s Spring 2021 edition.”

Lorraine’s essay first was submitted in the 2020 Senior Games Silver Arts Essay Category and won the first-place gold medal for Cherokee and Clay counties in June. It took the silver medal in the statewide competition in October.

We congratulate Lorraine and send our sympathy and compassion for her as she travels the journey of grief at this time.