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…
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.…
Lit Mag Love: Charlotte Hamrick
From eighth grade until my sophomore year, I crushed on Mike Rock. Then my laser focus turned to Scott Sabella until I graduated from high school. We attended our junior prom together. To be honest,…
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…
The Inner Pandemic
Matt Richtel’s December 2022 interview on NPR’s Fresh Air explained the teen mental health crisis in the U.S. as our “Inner Pandemic” : NPR/Fresh Air While this book is in no way a replacement for therapy,…
Lit Mag Love: Charlotte Maya
I am familiar with grief math, especially word problems: If Lauren was 49 when her younger son died at sixteen in 2018, how old will she be when she’s lived sixteen years without him? Answer:…
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…
Lit Mag Love: Jamy Bond
This is a grief memoir on fire in Mozambique. It’s a long love letter to a younger sister, a Peace Corps volunteer. The writer, Jamy Bond, was also a Peace Corps volunteer. She opens with…
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…