I’m launching a series of writing workshops in and around the North Country this summer. The first creative nonfiction/memoir class is slated for June 10, 2023 in Lake Placid, New York and limited to five…
Category: Life Now
Books for the Couch or Commute
I lead a quiet life and reading keeps me steady. Here are a few recommendations: Oona out of Order by Margarita Montimore. It’s got everything I like in a book: romance, grief, and time travel.…
Knitting a Silver Lining
I wasn’t thinking about wool hats when I trekked up Prospect Mountain during a cloudless, scorching afternoon last May. The Hike for Hope, an American Foundation for Suicide Prevention event, along the paved roadway only…
Published: The Gardan Journal
Craigardan, a farm & arts community in the Adirondacks, published a hybrid piece I created using the flashcards my younger son made to study Spanish for their latest issue. Language Lessons: The age-old symbolism of…
Published: Marriage in the Mountains
This piece started to take shape when it was my turn to drive. My husband pulled into a rest area so we could switch. When I was settled behind the wheel, he made some funny…
An All-School Grief Conversation
During a recent Town Meeting, an all-school event following breakfast on Wednesdays, I presented a slideshow and story about growing with grief. “What to Do When Something Bad Happens to You” has spun around in…
Sunburst
The Essex County (NY) Arts Council awarded me with a Sunburst micro-grant so I can attend the 2023 HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers. Grants are gifts and I’m sooooo happy I’ll get to…
Fridays at Five Club
I experimented with erasure poetry this summer and led two sessions on the form with students during our fall orientation. North Country School teachers are a passionate bunch. Over the years, we’ve had an Ultimate…
Mornings Like These
Teacher friends who know I don’t work weekends often ask about my plans when Friday rolls around. They are preparing themselves for a full day of hiking up Phelps or Algonquin, maybe a trip to…
When September Ends
Green Day’s “Wake Me Up When September Ends” was on the radio…again. Billie Joe Armstrong’s love song to the pain he’s endured since his father’s death from cancer is a perennial staple on independent radio…