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Crested Butte For the Win

July 16, 2019 Pamela Clements 3 Comments

On Saturday afternoon, we left Nashville in 98 degree heat and 400% humidity to head to Crested Butte, Colorado for…

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Posted in: Colorado, Family, Home, Travel Filed under: Colorado, Crested Butte, Friends, Mount Crested Butte, Summer

Friends Who Write Books

July 10, 2019 Pamela Clements 4 Comments

I went to a book signing last night for my friend Margaret Renkl. Margaret and I were neighbors for fifteen…

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Posted in: Books, Friends, Nashville, Women, Work, Writing Filed under: Author, Blythe Daniel, Books, Essays, Family, Friends, Late Migrations, Margaret Renkl, Mended, Mothers and Daughters, Nashville, Nature, New York Times, Parnassus

Books, Book Clubs, And Authors From This Side Of The Desk

June 25, 2019 Pamela Clements 4 Comments

I was invited to visit a friend’s book club today. If you know me at all, you will be surprised…

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Posted in: Books, Friends, Nashville, Uncategorized, Writing Filed under: Author, Book Club, Books, Essays, Forty, I Miss You When I Blink, Mary Laura Philpott, midlife, Real Life

Peach Preserves (And What It Really Looks Like To Make Them.)

June 20, 2019 Pamela Clements 6 Comments

I love peaches. I will eat them any way I can get them, but I especially love fresh peaches. There…

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Posted in: Food, Home Filed under: Canning, Cooking, Food, Peach Preserves, Peaches

When You Finally Let Go

June 5, 2019 Pamela Clements 9 Comments

God has a sense of humor and is also sneaky. It has taken me months to learn a lesson that…

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Posted in: Family, Home, Women, Work Filed under: Adult Children, Conflict, Daughter, Emptynest, Expectations, Family, Frustration, Home, Mother, Parenting, Work

Federal Land Starts at the Curb

May 23, 2019 Pamela Clements 3 Comments

Last weekend we made a road trip to Virginia for a friend’s son’s wedding. On Sunday, we planned a side…

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Posted in: Family, Friends, Travel Filed under: Arrest, Bethesda, Concealed Carry, Federal Government, Federal Police, Firearm, Gun, Misdemeanor, National Institute of Health, Police, Security

Being a Sport (Or Why Driveways and Drainage Are No Fun)

May 22, 2019 Pamela Clements 2 Comments

There is a lot to be said for being a sport. I think of a sport as someone who knows…

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Posted in: Home, Uncategorized Filed under: asphalt, drainage, Driveway, home repair, landscaping, mud, paving

Jane Austen and Black Widow

May 2, 2019 Pamela Clements 3 Comments

For years, I had a Jane Austen action figure on a shelf in my office. She followed me to three…

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Posted in: Women, Work, Writing Filed under: Action Figure, Black Widow, Jane Austen, Marvel, Natasha Romanoff, Publishing, The Avengers

Bare Bones Best Burger

April 22, 2019 Pamela Clements 3 Comments

When I was in college at UT Knoxville, one of my favorite places to go for lunch was Miller’s Department…

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Posted in: Food, Nashville Filed under: Bare Bones Butcher, Butcher, Charlotte Avenue, Cheeseburger, Food, lunch, Nashville, Restaurant, Tenderloin, The Nations

The Poet of Room at the Inn

April 20, 2019 Pamela Clements 1 Comment

Our friends, the Pendletons, have served lunch on Good Friday with the Luke 14:12 Soup Kitchen for years. This year,…

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Posted in: Friends, Nashville Filed under: Dragonslayers, Luke 14:12, Nashville, Poet, Room at the Inn, St. George's

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