Friends: I wrote this for the Coalition for Carolina about the events of Monday, August 29th, 2023. Reposting here. Texts, Tears and Fears By Mimi
Author: Mimi Chapman: Writing about the intersection of personal and professional life
Professor, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I started this blog because I enjoy reflecting on different parts of life and work and sharing that with others.
Learning to Live Without Adrenaline
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to savor the world. This makes it hard to
Ghosts in the Bookstore
No, say the greedy ghosts. Books for the living will have to wait.
Broken Things
This post is about my mother-in-law who died on Monday. It is published with my husband’s permission in hopes that is might speak to families
The Things We Do for Love
We arrived at the “Rumble in Richmond” just after 11 a.m. and I braced myself for a long day. Heavily tattooed and long bearded people
School Days
When I was a teenager, my school would receive the occasional bomb threat. The student council donut sale would be relocated to the parking lot