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You Can Go Home Again

Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 11:17AM

They say you can't go home again. But they also say that a woodchuck chucks wood, and he actually doesn't, so what do "they" know? Please join me for a little stroll down Memory Lane to my hometown, Burlington, VT, where I am currently researching and writing ACES WILD (the sequel to WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU O.J.)...

This is me and Rebecca London Goldberg, the youth services librarian at the Fletcher Free Library (and the sister of my classmate, Rachel London... the Londons were one of the relatively few Vermont Jewish families I knew as a child). Please note the crazy-high ceilings and the lamp post light fixtures... I read many a book beneath them as a kid. I especially love how the most gorgeous space in the building is devoted to the children's collection! Plus, please allow me to brag a little on Rebecca's behalf: she got 1,300 kids to participate in her summer reading program this year (that's, like, half the K-8th graders in the city) and she threw a huge party to celebrate with music and food and prizes and local dignitaries and the works! Well done!

Next up: The Chittenden County Humane Society, where I volunteered in high school (and where my hamsters, Oscar and Harvey, came from... my parents allowed me to work there on the condition that I would NOT try to bring home another dog). There's a gorgeous new building, lots of smart, kind, dedicated staff members and 200+ volunteers now. AND there's Camp Paw Paw, run by the fabulous Gina Berk (pictured with me, below). Yes - what are the odds? - another Vermont Jew! Transplanted from New York, no less! Gina's mom is apparently also a fan of WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU O.J. and is sharing it with her friends, which pleases me to no end!

Camp Paw Paw is a terrific day camp program for kids who are interested in animal care and welfare. The kids range in age from 7-12 (there are 7-9 year old sessions and 10-12 year old sessions) and they do everything from socializing the cats at the shelter to meeting with experts in the field to learning how to train dogs. That's where I came in. Since ACES WILD has to do with Zelly learning to train a dog, I asked the kids to show me what they'd learned. They did some terrific role-playing, demonstrating for me a dog's eye view of positive behavior modification. I'm definitely including this in the book, and I was so pleased to have an opportunity to meet with these kids and counsellors (pictured below).

Next up: Camp Hochelaga, which I attended as a kid. I was lucky enough to get to attend the camp musical, Seussical, and see so many talented campers in action. I even got to help with make-up and hair (see an example of our "wired" designs, below on my pal, Nora).

My mom claims that the camp's name, Hochelaga, is the Abenaki indian word for "mosquito."

I have no idea why.

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