Kindness is not weakness — it’s prevention
My high school English teacher might have had a love-hate relationship with the phrase “hurt people hurt people,” challenged by its poetic symmetry yet grammatical ambiguity. My hesitation in putting it on a bumper sticker is that it could easily be mistaken for an imperative. It isn’t. A less succinct — but clearer — version would read: People who are hurting often hurt others.
Finding strength in community
To the Editor:
In Western North Carolina we’ve been insulated from the horror and tragedies across the country. We haven’t seen the ICE raids, but sadly I recently learned that ICE is around. We don’t have the details but in Asheville a friend of one of one of my friends was picked up and sent to Atlanta.
Macon Library hosts ‘mind, body, flow’ class
Macon County Library is hosting a “mind, body, flow” class.
Classes are Tuesdays at 9 a.m. starting Dec. 16 in the Macon County Public Library Meeting Room.
Word from the Smokies: Cherokee artist weaves strands of place and culture
In October 2019, Rhiannon Skye Tafoya was a year out of her master’s program and excited to begin an art residency at the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York. Tafoya, a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and Santa Clara Pueblo, planned to use her time there to create an artist book.
