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Derek Webb

Derek Webb is coming to Marshall at the end of the month. This is probably the best news I've ever heard. I' m so excited.

Quilt

This is the quilt that I started in high school. There's no pattern or technique to it. And I didn't really know what I was doing. As a result, somehow I messed it up terribly. I found it friday and decided to work on it. My mom and I had to cut more than half of it away because it wouldn't lay flat. I'm going to take what's left of it and add to it to make a bedspread.
This may be reason #11 why I'm a nerd (reason #10 has something to do with writing a blog no one reads). I like it, though. It makes me appreciate my Appalachian heritage. I have an aunt do makes these beautifully.

Recently

1. Two of my stories for the newspaper were printed today. I really like seeing my by line.
2. These have been a hard couple of weeks. Saying goodbye is never easy. I don't like seeing people I love hurt. It helps to know that death is not the end.
3. It's amazing the changes you see in a person when you haven't seen them in eight years.

Springtime in Ashland

2 months

This is from an email from a newspaper editor. You really can live two months on a good compliment.

I'm sure you'd do fine on deadline. I was just curious because the copy was so clean but on those kind of stories you have more time to refine (everybody does). Like I told you before Lori, there's no doubt about your writing talent. Very impressive.

Derek Webb - I don't want to Fight