Commentary Series
Commentary Series
McCallum: Turtle Diaries
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Mary McCallum has learned firsthand the value of driving more slowly in order to protect one of nature’s most long lived creatures.Commentary Series
McCallum: Looking Up
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When Mary McCallum recently attacked some yard work, she gained new insight into the importance of looking up.Commentary Series
McCallum: Vermont Strong
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Lately, when Mary McCallum drives around Vermont she is taking notice of more than just the beautiful scenery – and keeping count.Commentary Series
McCallum: Cyber Libraries
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Commentator Mary McCallum recently ran across a news item about the renovation of a Vermont high school library that left her with very mixed emotions.Commentary Series
McCallum: Feline Facts Of Life
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At the end of April, just before the build-up to Mothers Day, Mary McCallum gave the gift of non-motherhood to her community by volunteering at a low-cost spay and neuter clinic hosted by the Springfield Humane Society.Commentary Series
McCallum: Written By Hand
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April is a busy month, from observing Earth Day to promoting the preservation of hand-written cards and letters. And a recent re-discovery of a long correspondence from the past has renewed Mary McCallum’s appreciation of this fading practice.Commentary Series
McCallum: The Pitch
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Surveys show eighty percent of Americans dream of writing a book, but only about five percent of submitted manuscripts actually get published. Recently, Mary McCallum was among a group of Vermont writers who attended an event designed to help them get on the publishing highway.Commentary Series
McCallum: The Singer Man
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Commentator Mary McCallum is an educator, librarian and freelance writer. When she recently took a sewing workshop in southern Vermont, it reminded her of the role that sewing took in her father’s life. And the example he set in how to learn and how to make do.Commentary Series
