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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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The Story Lady Needs You (and Here’s a Free Book)

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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The Food Lover’s Diary, or What Sam Said

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's Diary: Fingerprints and Glenda Jackson

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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Why Time-Lapse Photograph Is Like Writing

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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Sara Tucker

Aug 7, 2020
2 min

Coming Home to Kimball

What to

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