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. Darla Shaw is 80 years old and has lived in Ridgefield, CT. since 1966. She is in her 63rd year of teaching with her first 38 years in the Ridgefield School System and her last 25 as a professor of literacy and women’s studies at Western Ct. State University. Her biggest passion is humanitarian travel …
