At age three I was desperate to read. I looked longingly at the books for grown-ups in my parents’ library. Every few months I tried to read a page in one of them, believing that increasing age would magically confer literacy on me. I thought the Readers’ Digest was made especially for me since it …
From June to September, I get to enjoy camping at many music festivals. I am committed to creating gathering spaces for my extended music family/community, so they can gather and play music together! One summer, I traveled up to New York State from St. Simons Island GA for a workshop on storytelling. There I met …
When I was 16 I did Lady Macbeth’s hand washing soliloquy as part of an English requirement at the girls’ school I attended in Massachusetts. I’m pretty sure I was terrible, but I got to dress all in black, and stand on the sweeping staircase of the school and people clapped when I finished. I …
Julie Belaga In 1971 I was elected chairman of Westport’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Little did I know at the time that it would trigger an insatiable fascination with the environment. Every land use decision that was made impacted every other resident in our town. Clean air, clean water, and clean land …those were the Commission’s …
Dr. Dee Unterbach How prescient of Suzanne Sheridan to create a photo essay on older women. This project comes at a point in our lives when one of our DEVELOPMENTAL tasks is LIFE REVIEW, which Bernice Newgarten labeled young-old (65-74), middle-old (75-84) and old-old. As a kid, my passion and talent was playing sports. I …
