A luscious month-long fall 2022 residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts will let me to focus on revisions to the draft of my memoir, What Were the Names of the Trees?

I am grateful for the generous support of the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and for support from the CSG Endowment of VCCA established in 2003 to honor the donor’s mother, an alumna of the Columbus School for Girls in Columbus, Ohio.

Who will I meet this return to Mt. San Angelo during a beautiful time of year? The company of writers, composers and artists and a ritual hike up to Crab Creek Falls in nearby Montebello, Virginia will nurture me and become part of my work.

Near the top of Crab Tree Falls, January 2020