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Caroline Klapper
Caroline Klapper is a native of Louisiana, but since 2010, she has made her home in the mountains of Western North Carolina. She has worked for newspapers all over the south, including Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida and is currently a staff writer for The Mountaineer. She enjoys reading, photography, gardening and hiking in the mountains with her shaggy dog, Oz. To get in touch with Caroline, email caroline@themountaineer.com.
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Woonerfitzing around
By Caroline Klapper - Apr 08Before I explain the title of this blog, I’d like to tell you about my weekend. My original plans were to travel up to Bloomington, Indiana with ...
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Foods we hate
By Caroline Klapper - Mar 11I have an odd “tic” when it comes to some foods. It comes to the surface when someone offers me an oatmeal raisin cookie, or perhaps potato salad ...
The Pitfalls of Eating IN
By Caroline Klapper - Feb 25Last week, I talked about the pitfalls of eating out, and I challenged myself to try cooking and eating at home for a change. I did pretty well, ...
One minute at a time
By Caroline Klapper - Feb 05If you’ve read my blog before, you’ve probably clued in by now to the fact that exercising is not my favorite thing to do. However, in the ...
Let me buy you flowers
By Caroline Klapper - Jan 15I was grocery shopping this weekend when I walked past a bin of flowers for sale. You know the kind — bunches of ready-made bouquets or individuall...
No resolutions, just good things
By Caroline Klapper - Dec 31I’m no good at New Year’s resolutions. I lack the stamina to really see things through, and like most people, my good intentions tend to wane a ...
The Christmas Twig
By Caroline Klapper - Dec 10Most people who celebrate Christmas enjoy searching for the perfect tree, getting it home and decorating the bejeezus out of it, but in my dad’s ...
Sushi pusher
By Caroline Klapper - Nov 27I have an addiction, and far from being ashamed of it, I regularly try to push my addiction on others. Friends, family and even acquaintances are ...
A daily snapshot
By Caroline Klapper - Nov 07What you ate for breakfast. A color. A favorite thing. The sky. Since the beginning of this month, I’ve been participating in a Photo a Day ...
Ladybugs of doom
By Caroline Klapper - Oct 22Ah, ladybugs. Usually the darlings of the insect world next to butterflies, these endearingly spotted bugs have suddenly become the enemy in my ...
Candied disappointment
By Caroline Klapper - Apr 01For those who know me well, my love of Easter candy knows no bounds. I have oft declared that Easter candy is, hands down, the best holiday candy ...
Caring for cats
By Caroline Klapper - Mar 04I’ve always been an animal lover, and with the exception of spiders and some insects, I really enjoy keeping company with the beasties. Currently, ...
The Pitfalls of Eating Out
By Caroline Klapper - Feb 18I like to eat out — a lot. I’m talking at least one meal a day (sometimes two) kind of eating out. It’s not even that I don’t like to cook. I can ...
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Tripping over trips
By Caroline Klapper - Jan 21Getting ready for a trip is never a smooth experience for me. I can be gone overnight or for a whole week, but getting ready to travel always ...
The musical way to work out
By Caroline Klapper - Jan 09Exercising is a painful process for me. At best, it’s boring and time consuming, and at its worst, it’s an arduous process involving a lot of ...
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'Look for the helpers...'
By Caroline Klapper - Dec 17In the aftermath of the tragic school shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut, discussions have already begun about gun control, mental ...
Cleaning for Christmas
By Caroline Klapper - Dec 03It’s December already and that means Christmas is just around the corner. It also means I should decorate, which means I really should clean my ...
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When I grow up
By Caroline Klapper - Nov 21I was talking to one of my childhood friends a few days ago (yes, someone has actually freely chosen to be my friend for decades), and it hit ...
Chased by zombies — for real this time
By Caroline Klapper - Oct 29You might think I’m joking, but over the weekend, I got electrocuted, thrown into mud pits, and oh yeah, chased by zombies. What? You think I’m ...
The best holiday candy
By Caroline Klapper - Oct 15As Halloween approaches, I can’t help but notice the giant bags of candy strategically placed in every grocery store I enter. I might have even ...
