Jon KaplanMay 28, 20214 minA Glimpse of NormalJon Kaplan lives in Randolph, Vermont, and writes about cycling and small-town life. Jon is a member of the Kimball Library writing group...
Sara TuckerDec 23, 20201 minKorongo #2: Homebound StillGet 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...
Sara TuckerOct 31, 20201 minThe 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...
Sara TuckerOct 11, 20202 minThe Year of the RatIn September, I started leading a couple of writing workshops that focus on keeping a diary. Mine begins with a quilt.
Sara TuckerOct 7, 20203 minThe Food Lover’s Diary, or What Sam SaidThis morning I opened the New York Times and found an article about keeping a diary during lockdown. WHAT HAVE I BEEN TELLING YOU?
Sara TuckerOct 3, 20201 minLe Confinement Spring 2020During 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...
Sara TuckerOct 1, 20203 minAnd the Earth Goes Round and RoundHere's what happened in my world in the final days of September. What happened in yours? The Green Mountains are aflame, and everyone...
Sara TuckerSep 25, 20204 minSara's Diary: Fingerprints and Glenda JacksonToday I applied for an FBI background check and studied Glenda Jackson's fine fury.
Sara TuckerSep 12, 20204 minTakeaway from Kimball Workshop No. 1Do 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...
Sara TuckerAug 22, 202011 minShirly’s Diary: August 13–20When 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...
Sara TuckerAug 21, 20204 minP.A.’s Diary: Remembering the MayfairAugust 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...
Sara TuckerAug 16, 20202 minP.A.’s Diary: Everything Feels BeigeJuly 31, 2020. The days are rolling on, but everything feels beige. Not much is improving in California as our Covid19 cases increase...
Sara TuckerAug 10, 20202 minP.A.’s Diary: August 3, 2020P.A. grew up in Northfield, Vermont and now lives in Oakland, California. His Facebook profile describes him as "a middle-aged married...
Sara TuckerAug 9, 20202 minWhy Time-Lapse Photograph Is Like WritingIn 1999 the Dutch artist Frans Hofmeester started filming his newborn daughter for a few seconds every week, usually on a Saturday...
Sara TuckerAug 9, 20201 minThe Diaries of Dorothy Calhoun FagoOne 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,...
Sara TuckerAug 8, 20203 minCarl’s Diary: August 8, 2020Carl B. Russell lives in Bethel, Vermont, and uses draft animals in his forestry-services operation. He also writes poetry and posts...
Sara TuckerAug 8, 20202 minKate’s DiaryThe inspiration for our new project, a community journal written by readers of the Randolph Herald, came from Robert Cooley, who used his...
Sara TuckerAug 8, 20201 minShirly’s Diary: August 5, 2020Korongo, Kimball Library, and the Randolph Herald are jointly sponsoring "The Homebound Diaries," a 2020 community journaling project...
Sara TuckerAug 8, 20201 minShirly’s Diary: August 4, 2020Sara 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...