Susan Troccolo

Bouquet to Remember

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I’m not the same moved person who moved here to Portland. I’ve never loved a home as much as this and the reasons are not entirely about the home itself. It is the garden. It is the commitment to our neighbors, it is the pleasure I find in the birds and animals who make their … [Read more...]

Sustainable Farming: Elissa’s Place

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  Animals are not brethren They are not underlings. They are other nations Caught like ourselves In this web of life and time. ~On a Northern Farm by Henry Beston Our family has always had herding breeds. We love their intelligence, devotion to their people, and their … [Read more...]

New England Reunion

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I was bribed to go to the high school reunion. Bribed with the promise of apple pie and homemade ice cream at the Mountain Creamery in Woodstock, Vermont. Bribed by covered bridges in Cornwall and pumpkin stands all along route 7. Bribed by classic Salt box homes in Stockbridge, … [Read more...]

Summer Pleasures

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The mid-way point of summer is a time of particular happiness. However, I am still finding it hard to write, especially with the research necessary to write about the Pilgrimage to Provence. These days my writing consists of freewriting about my sister, about the nature of loss … [Read more...]