Kate Cutts
If You Give A Bum a Buck
I’m feeling pretty bougie walking the sidewalk into Lake Placid on my own today. I take time to admire the perennials in front of The...
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Kate Cutts
Sep 273 min read
Autumn Leaves
I gaze out the window and watch an enormous brown oak leaf float silently to join her sisters on the ground. That’s the problem with...
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Kate Cutts
Aug 304 min read
Make it Count
I look around the science lab I call my second home. It’s in order for the few minutes remaining before my first class arrives;...
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Kate Cutts
Jul 264 min read
The Altamont State Fair
I am old enough to walk around the corner from my parents’ red bungalow on Lincoln Avenue and cross the street to school by myself, but I...
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Kate Cutts
Jun 283 min read
Today We Dance
I wish I knew how many times I tried to rein-in my off-task third and fourth graders with the expression, “We’re writers during writing...
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Kate Cutts
May 313 min read
Tears for Cicadas
I hear my southern friends talking about the cicadas a lot this May. They tell funny stories of manly-men screaming when finding one...
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Kate Cutts
Apr 124 min read
Glimpses of Glory
I marked April 8, 2024 on my calendar way back in August of 2017. I’m not normally a girl with a ten-year plan, but after my friend...
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Kate Cutts
Mar 224 min read
Home Is Where My Book Is
I don’t remember learning to read. I have a vague but lasting impression of sitting on my mother’s lap, watching her finger move under...
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Kate Cutts
Feb 154 min read
Remember Me
My daughter Emelyn and I are visiting all cozy at my little round kitchen table catching up and eating her favorite soup, creamy chicken...
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Kate Cutts
Jan 263 min read
Does January Smell Like Bad Broccoli?
Dan always complains about how sad it is when the brightness of the holiday gets boxed away in the basement for another year. About the...
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Kate Cutts
Dec 26, 20233 min read
The Christmas Cards are Late Again
“What would you think about making a donation to the Ghana well fund at church with the money we would spend on doing Christmas cards...
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Kate Cutts
Dec 8, 20233 min read
The Great Purge of '23
"Do you want to spend more for your iCloud storage?” Dan and I are getting ready for a trip, and he’s been checking off all kinds of...
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Kate Cutts
Dec 1, 20233 min read
The Playlist
I hang up the phone with my friend Karen and return a call from Lauribeth, who left a message while I talked to Karen. The web of...
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Kate Cutts
Nov 24, 20233 min read
And Pancakes for All
I might be a pancake snob. Don’t look for a flapjack box mix in my pantry; I don’t care whose aunt’s name is on the label. Mom always...
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Kate Cutts
Nov 17, 20234 min read
Farmhouse Thanksgiving
"Will you cook for Thanksgiving?" A fellow teacher makes passing conversation with me. Hmmm. How do I explain our family's traditional...
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Kate Cutts
Nov 10, 20235 min read
How I Became a Famous TV Cranberry Farmer
You know that Boy Scout motto, “Be prepared?” While I was never a boy scout, I appreciate the sentiment, especially since I’m rarely...
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Kate Cutts
Nov 2, 20234 min read
Ernie's Angels
If you were to hire a crew to harvest your cranberry bogs, would you call up The A-Team, or Ernie’s Angels? I use the term “hire” quite...
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Kate Cutts
Oct 27, 20233 min read
You're Probably Right
When asked to explain how we grow cranberries, I always begin by saying, “I’m not a real cranberry farmer. I just play one on T.V.” I...
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Kate Cutts
Oct 20, 20234 min read
President Polk's Bed
I remember the austerity of our little one-bedroom apartment in Medford. There was so much stuff we needed and didn’t yet have. And now...
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Kate Cutts
Oct 13, 20233 min read
October, 1984; Searcy, Arkansas
Dan told me repeatedly that October is strictly off limits for anything other than harvesting cranberries. I don’t want to believe it. ...
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