Category: Brain Injury

Maine Humanities Council Grant

1/24/2025

This past fall, I collaborated with the Maine-based nonprofit, All Things Become New, to submit a grant to the Maine Humanities Council for an Arts & Humanities Grant. Our plan was to bring community writing workshops to Aroostook County, the northernmost county in Maine (affectionately referred to as "the County" here in Maine). Last month, Suzanne and I were thrilled to learn that our project was selected to receive a grant. Over the coming months, we will be planning and scheduling five community writing workshops (two virtual ones and three in-person) to happen this spring and summer. More details will be shared soon! To learn more about All Things Become New and the incredible impact the organization has on northern Maine communities, visit their website here.

National Caregivers Month Feature

11/26/2024

I'm thrilled to be featured on Christina Keys' Keys for Caregiving for National Caregivers Month. Christina and I met a little over a year ago at a caregiver retreat in Carrabassett Valley, Maine, and she is an incredible champion for caregivers all over the U.S. For this project, she asked several of the family caregivers she knows to put together a quick video and share a little about their story, what they currently do within the caregiver space, and a tip for supporting family caregivers in your life. You can see the entire collection of videos here, and you can learn more about Christina's work here.

BIAVT Conference

11/8/2024

I'm excited to be teaching a writing workshop for the upcoming Brain Injury Alliance of Vermont Conference in December. The conference is virtual, so you can join from anywhere! Learn more and register here.

The Red Eft: September/October 2024

10/31/2024

The latest issue of my newsletter, the Red Eft, is here! It's got some scrumptious recipes (apple cider doughnuts! cheese and herb stuffed focaccia!), a feature on the writer and brain injury advocate David Grant, a new prompt, some reading recommendations, and some brain facts from Z. You can find the issue here.

Upcoming Workshop: "Writing through Caregiving" for Maine Brain Injury Caregivers on February 21

1/30/2024

This workshop will be offered virtually on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, in conjunction with the Maine Brain Injury Caregiver Support Group. To sign up, please contact Sarah at [email protected].

Best of the Net Nomination

10/16/2023

Earlier this month, I learned that River Teeth's Beautiful Things series had nominated my essay, "On Massachusetts General Hospital Reaching Out to Schedule Your Covid-19 Vaccine," for the "Best of the Net." Only two essays of the 52 published that year were selected, and I was honored that mine was chosen. You can sign up to receive River Teeth's Beautiful Things in your inbox every Monday (for free!).

The Red Eft: March/April 2023

5/2/2023

The latest issue of The Red Eft, my bimonthly newsletter, is here! I've included some writing and workshop updates, a cool egg-dyeing project with handmade natural dyes, a feature of the phenomenal knitting designer, Bristol Ivy, a hedgehog fact from Zoe, and more! You can read the March/April issue here.

The Red Eft: January/February 2023

2/28/2023

The latest issue of my newsletter, the Red Eft, is available here. It features fellow writer and brain injury advocate Kelly Lang, some tasty recipes and reading recommendations to help you make it through the rest of winter, an owl fact from Zoe, and more!

The Red Eft November/December 2022

12/15/2022

My latest newsletter is here with updates, recipes, the lovely Sofia Ali-Khan and her new book, a tree fact from Z, and much more!

The Power of Storytelling

5/19/2022

May is Stroke Awareness Month (it also happens to be Brain Tumor Awareness Month), and through my brain injury work, I was recently invited to have a conversation with Ralph Preston, a stroke survivor, brain injury advocate, and videographer, to talk about brain injury and the power of telling and sharing stories. You can find the recording here.