Retrenchment or Renewal: Which Way Does the Wind Blow for New Hampshire Fishermen?
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A Boston Story
I went to the Boston Public Library yesterday where I was meeting my editor, Melanie Kroupa, to accept the Boston Authors Club Young Reader Award. I took the train into North Station. As I traveled south from New Hampshire, fierce pain from a headache was building. By the time I travelled from North Station on…
The Story Behind the Lupine Award
The Good Braider has won the Lupine Award from the Maine Library Association. Here’s some backstory on this award. The award is named for the flowers grown in Barbara Cooney’s picture book, MISS RUMPHIUS. I just listened to the story on this beautiful audio book version:
Madhu’s Seeds
An essay for spring published in New Hampshire Home‘s back page feature “At Home in New Hampshire.” Madhu’s Seeds by Terry Farish Madhu Bhandari tells me, “When I bring the greens home from the garden, that is the best thing.” I am in her home in downtown Concord where she lives with her husband; her children, including…
Journey to Kakuma and the Turkana People
Follow my journey to Kakuma, a village in the Turkana district of northern most Kenya. I volunteered with KVDA in the Kakuma Semi Arid Boarding Primary School where children of the nomadic Turkana people and children from Kakuma Refugee Camp go to school. See images and follow the journey here.