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Ami Worthen is a writer, collaborator, and neighbor following the call of collective liberation.
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Transmutation

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Ami W

These are days of delights. There is nothing like Spring awe, the soul stirring of birdsong and blooms. Amidst sad and scary news the trillium unfold, holy and hopeful. As I witness this wonder, I ponder my own unfolding.  June … Continue reading Transmutation

History, Montford & Stumptown1 Comment

Memory as medicine

February 1, 2023March 18, 2023 Ami W

“I’m real proud of Stumptown, I know I’m a long way from Stumptown but I can’t forget, that’s my roots. That’s my roots.” – Sophie Dixon, Montford & Stumptown Stories Memory as medicine. The balm of remembering infuses the three new … Continue reading Memory as medicine

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We are water

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 Ami W

We are water. We are water. We are water.  Not exclusively, of course, yet essentially so.  As Indigenous people continually remind us, water is life.  Before anything else, I offer unceasing prayers of gratitude for the sustenance of water.  While … Continue reading We are water

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Warm Up Bones

December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 Ami W

“…the power in how you live. Even when doubt drags you under, you’re lifted up by all you can give. What can I say? To warm up bones that are frozen and blue? A new day will find you with … Continue reading Warm Up Bones

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Keeping myself in the story

November 13, 2022November 15, 2022 Ami W

Everything I write is about me. My choices around what stories to study and share are informed by my connection to them. Yes, everything is interconnected. I embrace that truth, while exploring the specifics which expose my position in systems … Continue reading Keeping myself in the story

Arts, Montford & Stumptown

Get on the ground

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Ami W

The power of parties “Get on the ground,” my friend and neighbor Odell Irby often says, referring to the importance of  in person encounters. And he means it. Frequently sitting on the corner in front of his house, Odell knows … Continue reading Get on the ground

Arts, History, Montford & Stumptown7 Comments

Shakespeare and Stumptown

September 1, 2022September 27, 2022 Ami W

Embracing multiple truths is not easy in a culture that prefers binaries, that tends to simplify complex realities into good/bad, right/wrong, etc.  Yet multiple truths exist.  We find them woven throughout the story of the Montford Park Players and their … Continue reading Shakespeare and Stumptown

History, Montford & Stumptown5 Comments

What happened to Hill Street?

August 1, 2022September 16, 2022 Ami W

Hill Street was a historically Black neighborhood in Asheville. Have you heard of it? Likely not. Its story, like the homes which once stood there, has been lost. It’s a story I’ve been studying deeply, wanting to fill in as … Continue reading What happened to Hill Street?

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Clear cutting and change

July 5, 2022September 16, 2022 Ami W

My everything aches when I remember that, “by 1908, around 86 percent of forested acres in the Southern Appalachian Mountains was classified as recently harvested or in young regrowth stages of development” (Ecoforesters.org). The scope of this extraction astounds.  And, … Continue reading Clear cutting and change

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Numbers vs. narratives

June 6, 2022July 3, 2022 Ami W

The onset of the pandemic and quarantine in 2020 inspired a deeper awareness of my relationship with my neighborhood, leading me to extensively research its history.  On the land of the Anigiduwagi (Cherokee) is Asheville’s census tracts 2 and 3, … Continue reading Numbers vs. narratives

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