For decades I’ve wanted to visit the Haskel Free Library. I first learned of it while teaching social studies to 5th graders in Maplewood, New Jersey. This fall, I finally made it to Derby Line, VT, where the library is located. It’s a building worth knowing… The Haskel Free Library and Opera House is like no other public building I know of. It was intentionally built on the actual border between Vermont and Quebec in 1901 – situating it in both Canada and the US. Literally,

I came across a poem I'd written after a 2016 visit to Elliston, Newfoundland. It had been published by Downhome Magazine but I hadn't...

by Josette Abruzzini I’ve always looked up to you, followed your every move, stood proudly beside you, and flashed my fondest smile for...

I AM GREENLAND by Josette Abruzzini I am Greenland - Earth’s largest island - a bed of rock supporting and cradling an ancient icy...

How can you lie so still and silent, seemingly content... when all the world cries muffled tears from open-ended viral fears? "Be still,"...