How to Be Brian Greenfield
I’ve done this “How to Be” prompt many times. It's a way to describe somebody you know well. Think of what makes him or her...
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Stories from the Heart of Vermont
Sara Tucker
- Nov 6
- 2 min
Grandmere’s Kitchen in Continvoir
“My grandmother Louisa, on my father's side, lived in a small house in the village of Continvoir, where I was born. My sister and I spent...
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Sara Tucker
- Oct 30
- 3 min
The Revision Process: Before You Do Another Draft, Try This
Before you begin another round of revisions, ask yourself these two questions.
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Sara Tucker
- Oct 29
- 2 min
Writing Prompts: Whispering Pines and Talking Shoes
If you're wondering what to write about, start with a tree. Or a car. Or a pair of blue jeans. Any object, of any size or shape, that...
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Sara Tucker
- Oct 28
- 1 min
Write a Bio That You Would Never Send
Autobiography is tough. Whether 200 pages or 200 words, it's all about selection. What do you put in and what do you leave out?
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Sara Tucker
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Drove Me Nuts
"I'm feeling kinda intimidated because there are so many good writers in this group." Someone in our Pix Into Words workshop said that...
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Sara Tucker
- Jan 25
- 3 min
My Pine Tree
A "Pictures Into Words" writing prompt My mother wrote this piece in a 2011 Korongo workshop called “Pictures Into Words.” The idea for...
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Sara Tucker
- Jan 22
- 3 min
Meet Me at the Library
I love old photographs. You, too? I've got tons. Some have labels, and some don't. Scrupulously guarded in family albums for years, they...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 29, 2021
- 4 min
Patrick’s Storyworth Project: The “Famous People” Question
Korongo co-founder Patrick Texier is testing the Storyworth.com memoir-writing platform with the help of his children and grandchildren:...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
Editing Mary Badass
"deepest river coming up. Some say waist deep. Some say can go down and find shallower place maybe. Cross tomorrow or next day. More cold...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 5, 2021
- 1 min
Growing Up
Patrick is working on a Storyworth project with his children and grandchildren—they pose the questions, he writes the answers. Below is...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 5, 2021
- 3 min
What Were You Like As a Teenager?
Patrick is working on a Storyworth project with his children and grandchildren—they pose the questions, he writes the answers. We started...
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Sara Tucker
- Jul 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Korongo Story
I put together this video to illustrate the concept of turning points—moments in a life story when an event causes a disturbance, and...
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Sara Tucker
- Jul 2, 2021
- 1 min
Mary Does the Bob
One of the most difficult sections of the rugged 3,000-mile Continental Divide Trail crosses the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana. Our...
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Sara Tucker
- Jun 27, 2021
- 2 min
Update from Triple Divide Pass
Yesterday (June 26) Korongo blogger and CDT thru-hiker Mary Anderson (aka #MaryBadass) reached Triple Divide Pass in Glacier National...
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Sara Tucker
- Jun 25, 2021
- 3 min
The Story Behind One “Holy Shit Day”
Whenever #MaryBadass settles in for the night on the Continental Divide Trail, she sends out a satellite message to let folks know she...
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Sara Tucker
- Jun 23, 2021
- 2 min
Catching Up With Mary
On May 27, Mary Anderson set out from South Pass, Wyoming, to hike the northern half of the Continental Divide Trail. By June 7, she was...
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Sara Tucker
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Mary Got Her Camping Permit
The Glacier Park permit offices issue a small number of walk-in camping permits per day. If you show up after they run out, you're out of...
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Sara Tucker
- Apr 29, 2021
- 2 min
Becoming Mary Badass
Korongo is sponsoring extreme hiker Mary Anderson as she treks the second half of the Continental Divide. Here's how you can help.
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Sara Tucker
- Dec 23, 2020
- 1 min
Korongo #2: Homebound Still
Get cozy with a warm mug, your iPad, and our new zine Just before the long, dark winter of 2020–2021 settled over Vermont's White River...
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