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...

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...

Korongo is sponsoring extreme hiker Mary Anderson as she treks the second half of the Continental Divide. Here's how you can help.

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...

On our first wedding anniversary, twenty years ago, I gave you two papier-mâché birds, purchased at Robin's Nest in Arusha. I remember...

In September Korongo published the premier issue of a journal about our wacko times. Now we're working on the next one. Our contributors...

In September, I started leading a couple of writing workshops that focus on keeping a diary. Mine begins with a quilt.

There are always repercussions when you publish your work. Some of them will surprise you. When Frank McCourt published Angela’s Ashes,...

Today I applied for an FBI background check and studied Glenda Jackson's fine fury.

A few days ago, I invited readers of this blog to write a rant. Today, I invite you to write a curse. For inspiration, let's turn to...

When you have no time to write, try this.

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...

Every generation seems to produce a new crop of wise women who remind us to give thanks, every day for life's little pleasures.

The first three books in The Cooley Farm: A Family History are now available in digital and paperback editions. You can get a free...

For years, I’ve been imagining a magazine under the Korongo Books imprint about life in the White River Valley. Then, 2020 happened....

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...

In 1999 the Dutch artist Frans Hofmeester started filming his newborn daughter for a few seconds every week, usually on a Saturday...

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,...

Korongo, Kimball Library, and the Randolph Herald are jointly sponsoring "The Homebound Diaries," a 2020 community journaling project...

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...