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Tag Archives: flood
How I learned to stop worrying and love Twitter
I recently decided to give Twitter another chance. Like any good little journalist trying to keep up with everyone else, I signed up for Twitter eons ago. I used it sparingly for a few weeks, then more or less abandoned … Continue reading
Writing about the flood
I got the chance to write an article this week that was especially meaningful to me. My editor at NurseZone asked me to write a story about nurses responding to help people during the flood (you know, the flood of … Continue reading
After the flood: moving forward
Flood relief efforts are continuing here in Nashville. Country stars and Nashvillians Tim McGraw and Faith Hill announced today that they’re organizing a huge relief concert down at the Bridgestone Arena in June. Teams of volunteers head out with gloves, … Continue reading
Finally, someone’s paying attention to the flood…
Okay, I’m slightly mollified. Last night, Anderson Cooper from CNN reported from my suburb of Bellevue on his show AC360. And he apologized for not being here sooner and for not giving the Nashville flood situation the attention that it … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing, Fixing things, Journalism
Tagged Anderson Cooper, Bellevue, CNN, Cumberland River, flood, Karl Dean, media, Nashville, Westminster Presbyterian
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What? There was a historic flood in Nashville?
I guess by now you’ve all heard about the Great Nashville Flood of 2010. Oh, wait? You haven’t? You haven’t heard about a historic flood that only happens about once every 500 years that has nearly washed away huge swaths … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing, Journalism
Tagged disaster, disaster relief, environmental disaster, federal, flood, historic flood, Nashville, Tennessee, Times Square
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Why are there so many songs about rainbows?
My son William likes to sing. He likes to sing loudly. He likes to sing joyfully (and maybe a little tiny bit off-key). And lately, he’s been on a Kermit the Frog kick. So he’s been singing “The Rainbow Connection.” And it got … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Random musings
Tagged "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", banjo, colors, colors of the rainbow, database, flood, Genesis, God, Judy Garland, Kermit the Frog, library, lyrics, Merle Haggard, muppet, Nashville, Noah, prism, promise, rainbows, Ramones, religious, ROY G. BIV, sing, songs, songs about rainbows, spectrum, storytime, sunset, The Muppet Movie, unicorn
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