My daughter Alisa was born on August 5, 1980. She was what anyone would call, “a good baby.” Rarely cried. I’d nurse her in her sunshine-gold nursery, sway with her in the bentwood rocker, place her lovingly in her brass crib, and she’d fall asleep. I knew, even as a new mom, that the warmth… Continue Reading
December 23, 2023. On this day, I found a musket in the back corner of the unfinished basement. Shocked, I asked my husband, “A gun!? What are we doing with this gun?” The rusty rifle, covered with dust and cobwebs, reeked of must. He said, “It’s not real. It’s a prop, a decoration at Ethan… Continue Reading
Recently seeing a road sign, Stonewall Way: Dead End, evoked a memory of the New York City Stonewall Riots. At the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, gay men and women gathered in safety, to dance, to connect. The Stonewall Inn provided a sense of I-am-not-alone, a place of refuge. Then, on June 28, 1969, police… Continue Reading
December 14th, 10:00am-11:30am Russell Room Adults Searching for balance through the holidays? Come join Sue Lebel Young for R&R as you prepare for the holidays. List-making, shopping, cooking, spending, worrying can add to this season’s stress: There is so much to do! We’ll practice some non-doing, because stepping out of clock-time for an hour will help you… Continue Reading
As a child, I lived in Falmouth, Maine but my heart grew up in Lewiston. My father’s parents had always lived there. Born there, my Dad attended Lewiston schools. My cousins, second cousins, aunts, great aunts, uncles, great uncles also lived in this mid-state city. I spent weekends at my grandparent’s home, smelling the taffy my… Continue Reading
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