What’s real? Collecting likes on social media or taking in nature? Being outside, breathing fresh air, scooping up an apple, biting into its juiciness, gently scratching the base of a horse’s neck . . . bring on the dopamine flow. That’s why I wrote the poem “Apple Chill.”
Category: Writing
Would Love to See You at the North Georgia Regional Book Fair: 9/13
On Saturday, September 13, 2025 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.), Catherine Hamrick will join 100 authors for the North Georgia Regional Book Fair at the University of North Georgia Convocation Center . It’s a free event at a gorgeous venue (180 Alumni Drive, Dahlonega, Georgia 30597) with spacious parking and refreshments.
Marjoram in the Mail: Home-grown Gift Travels 850+ Miles
How often do you get a “personal” message—meaning a handwritten note from someone you actually know—versus a “personalized” brand communication using your first name? With my real-time and virtual mailboxes constantly bombarded, I didn’t think about it much until a letter with carefully packaged dried marjoram showed up from Des Moines, Iowa.
Coneflower Sequence: Finding Harmony in a Fractured World
Last spring, I wanted something trouble-free and found it in coneflower seed packets, buying into the midsummer promise of self-sowing sun lovers—now overrunning the garden with nature’s lavender turns. Seed heads bristle symmetry, measure upon measure, Fibonacci’s weathered tune luring goldfinches to August feasts.
Creative Flow Takes You off the Clock—into the Infinite
I wrote this letter to a colleague who dedicated years to writing a novel. It was not easy. When you chase something meaningful while navigating daily existence, you feel time’s tick. Yet there are moments when we slip wholly into creative flow that frees us to step out of time and connect with something greater.