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A Memorable Interview with Joe Louis Clark
One of the most memorable interviews of my decade-long career as a journalist occurred in August 2003 when I was the editor and reporter for The Observer, a monthly paper published in Alachua County, Florida. Just minutes from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, a new resident of Newberry caught everyone’s attention, particularly those…
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An Asheville (Mis)Adventure
I dreaded the three-week trip even as I planned. I worried too much. Lists filled a notebook: To Do, To Pack, The Morning of Departure, To Buy. I checked off items one by one until it was the morning of departure, and that list began to dwindle. Something happened the closer I came to deleting…
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A Confession
My name is Patricia Camburn Zick, and I’m a political and history nerd. There I’ve finally admitted it. I don’t know for sure where it started but I do remember our dining room at home also served as the office for the township clerk, who was my father for many years. Often during election cycles,…
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Can’t See the President for the Beer
Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his humanitarian work around the world. On a trip through Georgia late that year, we decided to make a detour through Plains, Georgia, to see the small town where President Carter and his wife still lived. My travel companion–my now ex-husband–and I entered the small…
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#OhioChemicalDisaster – Shows Us We’ve Learned Nothing Thirteen Years After Deepwater Horizon #Oilspill and Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster
When I published my novel Trails in the Sand in 2013, I had hoped one of my messages would be heard and repeated. On the surface, the novel appears to be a family saga with more secrets and drama than an afternoon soap opera. That was my vehicle for telling the story of two major…
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Remembering the Brave Heroes
My great-grandfather, Harmon Camburn, enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 two weeks after the start of the Civil War. He was nineteen. His infantry unit, 2nd Michigan, fought in several major battles during the horrific war. His final and nearly fatal active participation in the war occurred on November 24, 1863. His unit had…
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A Bit of Spring as Summer Surges
Last year, my husband constructed a butterfly garden next to his raised beds. This year, we are enjoying the flowers of his labor. And so are the butterflies and bees.
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On Ducks and Geese
ON DUCKS AND GEESE During the pandemic, we found different ways to entertain ourselves. Some may question our affinity to one of our new pastimes, but it kept us out of trouble and perhaps sane. Although some may be questioning the sanity part as we move into the third year of COVID. Our house sits…
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THE AUTHOR’S JOURNEY – #NEWRELEASE
During this time of isolation at home, I’ve kept busy. One major accomplishment and a few smaller ones achieved. For several years, I’ve wanted to pull together all my materials from my seminars, workshops, and experience into one resource book for writers. I finally found the time this spring while quarantined to my house. The…
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