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Want a Residency at Ragdale?

  I arrived at Ragdale Foundation on a brisk February afternoon to a warm welcome by residency manager Amy Sinclair. Now, my residency is...

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Reading at the Zephyr Theatre!

I'm so pleased to be reading at the Zephyr Theatre in Stillwater, Minnesota on Sunday, June 27th after the long quiet of the pandemic.  This outdoor...

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All I Can Tell You

In the spring of 2020 as pandemic circled round again, I felt the near presence of uncertainty and powerlessness. Remembering the history of the...

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Listen to By Heart for Free

To my surprise and delight, By Heart has been selected for radio reading on KTWH 99.5 FM.The program Literally from the North Shore, created by Kay...

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By Heart goes to School

 Dr. Kellie Rolstad from the University of Maryland contacted me last week about using By Heart: A mother’s story of children and learning at home...

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“By Heart” Now on Audiobook

When By Heart: A mother’s story of children and learning at home by Kathleen Melin was first published in 2008, it came with endorsements from...

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