So this summer I am one of the lucky ones — I think there are about 40 of us — who own a share of Downing Hollow Farm, an organic farm run by Alex and Lori Greene in the bucolic-sounding Olive Hill, Tenn., in the hills between Memphis and Nashville. For about $400, each Wednesday I swing by the Memphis Botanic Garden and pick up a sack of produce. It is the highlight of my week — we’ve had strawberries, fresh herbs from thyme to cilantro, baby beets, sugar peas, and all sorts of greens and lettuces. The problem? Well, once I get it all home, I have to figure out what to do with it. Read the rest of this entry »
… which is how I have decided the jump from The Commercial Appeal to St. Mary’s, three months in, should really be described. It’s definitely not a bad thing, not at all. I was thrilled to be going to St. Mary’s, and I am really enjoying my new work there.
But I completely underestimated the enormous change I was bringing on myself. Read the rest of this entry »
Well, it took a little longer than I thought, but I’m thrilled to be back blogging at iDivamemphis, this time as a civilian … no longer an employee of The Commercial Appeal or skirt! magazine.
In order, here are the most frequent questions people have asked me since my departure. The answers? Well, here’s what I know. We’ll puzzle out the rest as we go along.
Dear Diva watchers: Beginning tomorrow, my blog will be untied (decoupled? unhitched?) from The Commercial Appeal’s Web site, and I will begin blogging early next week as the civilian I will soon become. My tech gurus assure me this is doable, but there might be a little down time as we figure everything out. Please stick with me … and come back … and link me with your (other) favorite blogs … and tell your friends. Let’s keep this conversation going. I can’t wait!
As you might have heard and read, my time as both editor of skirt! magazine and as a columnist and editor at The Commercial Appeal is officially over tomorrow. (The link above is my last CA column; here’s The Flyer story from this week.) Of course I’m excited about my new job as the Director of Advancement — that’s development, communications, alumnae relations — at St. Mary’s Episcopal School. But I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking this week about my time at The CA, and what it will mean to step away from this place after 15 years. (FYI, the photo with this post was taken in 2005, right as I was beginning iDivamemphis. I’ve always loved these pictures — Shane McDermott in the newsroom did my Diva face cartoon from it.) Read the rest of this entry »
