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Author: Faith Lane
What’s New… July 2024
Since the last newsletter I have been on the road to library conferences, hiking, writing poetry, and working on a variety of research and writing projects…. JUST RELEASED: lighthouses of midcoast maine & tales of the folk who lived there We brainstormed this book while on a 2023 lighthouse cruise out of Bar Harbor, Maine.…
Rural Librarianship Release!
NEW RELEASE! Rural Librarianship: From Surviving to Thriving. Information Leadership for the 21st Century. Tada! After four years of post-graduate work experience, reading and research, constant reflection, PLUS one year of intensive writing, my book on rural librarianship is finally published! Thanks to all who encouraged me and waited patiently to receive this book. Available…
More About Druids
Previously I stated that Druids were known in early monastic communities in Ireland. It might be more accurate to say that early Irish Christian monks attempted to document in writing the ancient laws which had been associated with the Druids. These laws became codified, and then disseminated across the British Isles. I have been reading…
On Being a Druid
People sometimes ask why and how I consider myself to be a Druid. Who conferred this title on me? The short answer is that a few years ago I “woke up” to the realization that I have been following a Druid’s path all my life. Druids were known as mystics. They served as priests,…
Fresh New Look
Welcome to the new website for Faith Lane Books, the Fresh Librarian, The Poet Genealogist, and The Lane Farm. I hope you enter with an open heart and leave refreshed.
Injuries & Recovery
As hard as we pushed ourselves from May 2018 until March 2020, no one would have been surprised if we had had injuries. But my recent injury was NOT the result of physical training for an endurance hike… but from a six-month hiking hiatus during which I wrote books. That’s correct. I was injured while…
Questions of 2021
Questions people have often asked us this year. Are you still hiking? Will you still hike the Appalachian Trail? What have you been doing in 2020/2021? When are you/Are you coming back to Dorcas Library? Here are answers: Yes. We are still hiking, albeit in somewhat reduced capacity. More on this in a later post.…
Genealogy: The Jigsaw Puzzle
I enjoy puzzles. Crossword puzzles, sudoku, logic puzzles. One reason I am a huge fan of Ancestry.com for genealogy is because for me, it is as addictive as Candy Crush is for my friends. Constantly evolving puzzles to solve. People often imply that doing genealogy is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Here’s how I…
an artist’s statement
look up look deep within look underneath linger awhile being minimal nothing is about us really we are dancing motes winding our way down a shaft of sunlight singing
Dreams Deferred (Again)
or A Hiker’s Guide to Global Pandemic 20200322 How quickly time has passed since our send-off event at Dorcas Library on Leap Day! So much has happened, in so brief a time. As posted on Facebook, Craig and I have postponed our trek of the Appalachian Trail for the time being. Depending upon travel restrictions…