# Biscuit Blitz: 5 Minutes with Patrice Gaines

> Source: https://www.charlotteiscreative.com/biscuit-blitz-5-minutes-with-patrice-gaines/
> Updated: 2020-06-03T13:41:07+00:00
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> Categories: Articles | Contributors: Matt Olin

The COVID-19 outbreak hasn't been an easy time, but Patrice Gaines has put her passion for meditation and for writing to work, to calm her mind and

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The COVID-19 outbreak hasn’t been an easy time, but **Patrice Gaines** has put her passion for meditation and for writing to work, to calm her mind and remain productive. Patrice is an author, a teacher, a community advocate and a former Washington Post reporter who calls Charlotte home … for the second time. She swore she’d never come back, but is now well at home in the Queen City.

Patrice spoke at the second gathering of [CreativeMornings/Charlotte](https://creativemornings.com/talks/patrice-gaines/1) in the fall of 2015. On Friday, June 5, CM/CLT meets for the 56th consecutive month. To commemorate that, Patrice spoke with Matt Olin about her love of the written word and the strangeness of time at this … well … time.

**PHOTO CREDIT:** [Mitchell Kearny](https://www.instagram.com/mitchellkearneyphotography/)