Retired?

Thirty-five Years with the Vermont Humanities Council After thirty-five years delivering literature-based humanities programs to new adult readers, parenting teens, incarcerated women and men, healthcare workers and lifelong learners, I turned in my resignation to the...

Explaining My Silence

I want to thank the readers who welcomed my recent post for reminding me that you’re there. Forgive me: in my silence, I’d forgotten. There are three reasons for my silence. First, I’ve been single tasking. Instead of writing articles, editorials and posts for many...

The Rosefire Writing Circle Continues

One of the unintended consequences of the pandemic has been to welcome writers from far away to the Rosefire Writing Circle, a place for writers of all ages and abilities to write in community and with support. I started the Rosefire Writing Circle because I know how...