Kami L. Rice: Freelance Writer

based in Nashville, Tennessee, but world-traveled, I'm a writer for all seasons. and time zones. and continents. and media formats. and subjects. and more. (just not for all languages. sorry, there must be limits somewhere)

My Byline Online January 24, 2010

Enjoy these lovely links to articles I’ve written that are available online:

  • New Orleans cuisine is a fusion of cultures (The Tennessean, 24 January 2010): In New Orleans, food and people go together. The city’s traditional cuisine tells the story of the myriad cultures New Orleans’ residents have thrown into its cooking pot from its beginning. Not every city’s history is so embodied in its food, but New Orleans’ cuisine showcases how the city has retained a distinctive identity despite the varied people and cultures that have influenced it. New Orleans has made an art form of absorbing new traditions without losing itself. Instead, the influx of newness has enriched the city’s culture, as seen in its food. more
  • Kathleen Lynam: The Playful Puppeteer (Nashville Arts Magazine, January 2010): The Pez dispensers in Kathleen Lynam’s home aren’t hidden away, but neither are they the first thing you see upon stepping inside. To view them one must pass from the more formal living room through the kitchen to the back-of-the-house living space, where large windows gaze upon the trees surrounding the home. Here the Pez collection quietly catches one’s fancy as it smiles down from its room-circling shelf near the ceiling. more
  • The New Worship Question: To Tweet or Not To Tweet (Interpreter Magazine, Nov/Dec 2009): The Rev. Matthew Johnson discovered Twitter a year ago at a conference. He marveled at the way the odd collection of questions and comments projected on a screen and referred to as a Twitter-feed turned ‘a rather large and passive event into an interactive and oddly relational experience. more
  • Where’s the Nearest Fire Extinguisher? (We the ‘Bistro, 14 October 2009): This afternoon I rushed into the small film production office somewhat late even though the gig’s short hours are very flexible. Currently this particular gig involves mailing out daily orders (calling it “fulfillment” makes it sound more impressive), and the Fed-Ex man who dictates my afternoon deadline was due in about 15 minutes. “Sorry I’m late,” I explained as I stepped inside. “I was putting out fires.” “How do you have fires to put out? You’re a writer,” Ian, the production manager guy, quipped a little seriously. more
  • Banking on Change (Anthropology Feature Story, Univ. of KY College of Arts & Sciences, October 2009): Hsain Ilahiane originally came to Lexington because of the quality of UK’s anthropology department, but in his two short months of living here he’s already come to love the Farmers Market, which he and his wife, Ann Becker, have been taking advantage of to the fullest. more
  • New Institute Promotes Kingdom Practices of Sustainability (CCCU Advance, Spring 2009; pages 14-15): Juliana Lezama tells the story of her 9-year-old self who, while riding with her mother, was writing down license plate numbers of cars emitting excessive amounts of pollution. She then wrote a letter to the Ministry of the Environment of her native Colombia to report the polluters. more
  • Zimbabwe economic crisis cripples mission station (United Methodist News Service, 10 January 2008 ): The sewage system is overloaded, buildings are decaying, electricity is unreliable, and economic turmoil in Zimbabwe makes operating two schools, a hospital, a children’s home and church nearly impossible. Yet Old Mutare Mission, a ministry of The United Methodist Church for 110 years, is determined to continue its ministry to the people of Zimbabwe, its leaders say. more
  • Moving Pictures (Prism, July/August 2008 ): With a cloudless sky enclosing the islands of East Africa’s Lake Victoria in its azure dome, it’s easy to forget, from the vantage of a colorful wooden fishing boat on the lake, that there is a “rest of the world.” Sam Tsapwe, however, never seems to struggle with remembering the rest of the world, whether he’s ministering to people on these remote Lake Victoria islands or to people in Sudan, Uganda’s northern neighbor, or to people in Uganda’s capital city of Kampala, where he lives. Standing 6 feet tall, Tsapwe is a solid man, both inside and out, and a dedicated servant of God. He is slow to speak and soft-spoken when he does, but he’s the kind of person one is willing to wait for and lean in to hear. more
  • I’ve uploaded additional articles here.

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