Jon Kaplan
A Glimpse of Normal
Jon Kaplan lives in Randolph, Vermont, and writes about cycling and small-town life. Jon is a member of the Kimball Library writing group...
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KORONGOBOOKS
Stories from the Heart of Vermont
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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Sara Tucker
- Oct 31, 2020
- 1 min
The Story Lady Needs You (and Here’s a Free Book)
In September Korongo published the premier issue of a journal about our wacko times. Now we're working on the next one. Our contributors...
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Sara Tucker
- Oct 11, 2020
- 2 min
The Year of the Rat
In September, I started leading a couple of writing workshops that focus on keeping a diary. Mine begins with a quilt.
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Sara Tucker
- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
The Food Lover’s Diary, or What Sam Said
This morning I opened the New York Times and found an article about keeping a diary during lockdown. WHAT HAVE I BEEN TELLING YOU?
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Sara Tucker
- Oct 3, 2020
- 1 min
Le Confinement Spring 2020
During lockdown last spring in France, I took at least one picture, every day, of the sky above our house in Avon. The first picture was...
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Sara Tucker
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
And the Earth Goes Round and Round
Here's what happened in my world in the final days of September. What happened in yours? The Green Mountains are aflame, and everyone...
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Sara Tucker
- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
Sara's Diary: Fingerprints and Glenda Jackson
Today I applied for an FBI background check and studied Glenda Jackson's fine fury.
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Sara Tucker
- Sep 12, 2020
- 4 min
Takeaway from Kimball Workshop No. 1
Do you get anxious before a presentation? I do. I'm afraid I'll bore people. Boredom, the killer disease. So I was quite relieved when...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 22, 2020
- 11 min
Shirly’s Diary: August 13–20
When I spoke with my friend Shirly Hook at the end of July, she was feeling down. Shirly is the author of My Bring Up, stories about her...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 21, 2020
- 4 min
P.A.’s Diary: Remembering the Mayfair
August 4, 2020. I once lived in a six-storey apartment building that had started as a gentleman’s hotel. There were little doors on the...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 16, 2020
- 2 min
P.A.’s Diary: Everything Feels Beige
July 31, 2020. The days are rolling on, but everything feels beige. Not much is improving in California as our Covid19 cases increase...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 10, 2020
- 2 min
P.A.’s Diary: August 3, 2020
P.A. grew up in Northfield, Vermont and now lives in Oakland, California. His Facebook profile describes him as "a middle-aged married...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 9, 2020
- 2 min
Why Time-Lapse Photograph Is Like Writing
In 1999 the Dutch artist Frans Hofmeester started filming his newborn daughter for a few seconds every week, usually on a Saturday...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 9, 2020
- 1 min
The Diaries of Dorothy Calhoun Fago
One of my former writing students was the artist Dorothy Fago, otherwise known as D’Ann. Oh, man, I just loved D'Ann. By the time we met,...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 8, 2020
- 3 min
Carl’s Diary: August 8, 2020
Carl B. Russell lives in Bethel, Vermont, and uses draft animals in his forestry-services operation. He also writes poetry and posts...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 8, 2020
- 2 min
Kate’s Diary
The inspiration for our new project, a community journal written by readers of the Randolph Herald, came from Robert Cooley, who used his...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 8, 2020
- 1 min
Shirly’s Diary: August 5, 2020
Korongo, Kimball Library, and the Randolph Herald are jointly sponsoring "The Homebound Diaries," a 2020 community journaling project...
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Sara Tucker
- Aug 8, 2020
- 1 min
Shirly’s Diary: August 4, 2020
Sara asked if I would keep a journal for a project she was doing. Why not? So here I am. A storm was blowing up the East Coast, creating...
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