Author: Power of Place

Dear Colleagues and Friends, This past weekend, I spent a few days at Kripalu, a yoga retreat center in Lenox, MA. Feeling run down, achy, and worn out from the daily […]

Dear Colleagues and Friends, These are tough times for many. Whether it’s food insecurity, economic uncertainty, fear of deportation, or general civil unrest, there is a growing sense of darkness […]

Dear Colleagues and Friends, The sunlit lobby of Pentucket Middle-High School was abuzz on Election Day as nearly 300 educators from Essex County gathered for the 2025 ECLC Fall Gathering. […]

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Many years ago, while working at a communications research firm, I was introduced to a series of advocacy campaigns in Kansas focused on the well-being of […]

Dear Colleagues and Friends, What about your brain have you come to love and appreciate?  That was one of a host of questions that ECLC Book Club members posed in […]

Dear Colleagues and Friends, To celebrate my husband Rich’s retirement, earlier this month we splurged and took a long-awaited trip to London. While there, we indulged in some of our […]

Dear Colleagues and Friends, As we begin September, we are in a place that feels all too familiar: Recovering from yet another school shooting. There have been 44 school shootings […]

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Welcome back! The days are getting shorter and there’s a new chill in the air, signaling the end of summer.  We know that for many of […]

Dear Friends and Colleagues, With the first day of summer finally nearing, I am feeling reflective. For me, this season always evokes powerful memories of summer camp in the northern woods […]

Dear Colleagues and Friends, I vividly remember the scene: A large auditorium, a sea of children and families, and a ceremony that opened with piano music – not quite Pomp and […]