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Sheela Clary

Sheela Clary is a writer and teacher born and raised in South Berkshire county. She's interested in exploring the issues that affect the region, and in building community through place-based storytelling classes and events. She teaches Italian language and cooking, as well. Her writing can also be found at her Substack newsletter, Clarity. (https://sheela.substack.com Clarity | Sheela Clary | Substack a periodic, carefully composed newsletter exploring my obsessions, such as the state of our common life in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, the stories of unheard-from people, the beauties of Italian, and the mysteries of good writing. Click to read Clarity, by Sheela Clary, a Substack publication. Launched 8 months ago: sheela.substack.com

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Life In the Berkshires

Voices of parents: What local parents think about their schooling options for the fall

Over the past weeks, I’ve been asking South Berkshire County parents of children aged 5 to 16 their thoughts about returning to school in the fall.
Learning

Please don’t listen to The New York Times when it comes to reopening schools

Why can’t we see education as something other than the physical confinement of children? Why don’t we see this crisis as an opportunity to make lemonade from lemons, instead of crap?
Viewpoints

‘Tucked Away’ no more

On Independence Day this year, I confess I’m not sure what there is to celebrate about us.
Viewpoints

My new learning standard: What online teaching taught me

There is an obvious pathos in trying to connect through a screen with a child who’s lost the routines and people who give their lives meaning and structure.
Viewpoints

Let’s be cautious, also human

What does not make sense, what we should reject as a town, state, nation and human community, is the indulging of fear over any and all other considerations.
Learning

Chang-Chavkin Scholars: Program for first-generation college students sees impressive 2020 cohort

The program, which has a sister program in Telluride, Colorado, is now working with six Berkshire County high schools.
Life In the Berkshires

I feel good/I feel bad

I seem to be failing at most everything else, most everything else in my life these days being related to shopping.
Life In the Berkshires

Light at the end of the quarantine tunnel?

The Massachusetts state government has asked camps to hang tight and wait for all the guidance to be finalized before making decisions about opening or closing, and Gov. Baker has said his administration’s guidelines will be out by Monday, May 18.
Life In the Berkshires

New style of masks, designed and built in Housatonic

Local firm pivots to save business and help the community.
Life In the Berkshires

Stuck-at-Home Handbook — Installment #5

Installment #5: If your kid won't sit still to read, podcasts may be the answer. Author Sheela Clary talks with internationally known children's podcast producers who live here in West Stockbridge. Would you share your own experiences? Please send them to Sheela.
Life In the Berkshires

By bread and love alone: Craig Bero, Housatonic hero of the moment

On day one of the COVID-19 shutdown he “gutted” his restaurant’s foyer and transformed it into his to-go way station, from which he starts serving customers dinner around five, their covered plate delivered straight to their car window.
Life In the Berkshires

Informal bunches of do-gooders: Good news in Berkshire County as of March 23, 2020

Berkshire County has been gearing up to support her more vulnerable citizens who have lost work, can’t leave their homes or are otherwise struggling with the vast new restrictions on everyday life.
Viewpoints

Coronavirus dispatches: Letter from Washington state 

It’s just so scary, because of our age group, and because there is no plan, no testing, and the hospital might not take you.
Viewpoints

Sheela Clary updates the want ads in the coronavirus era

ISO Theory Wellness line waiter: Must be willing and able to stand for up to three hours in close proximity to 100 or more out-of-towners who might have just arrived in the country from who knows where.
Arts & Entertainment

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Weather’ by Jenny Offill: ‘What happened to the flying dreams?’

The collapse of the planet in 'Weather,' is like Moby Dick in 'Moby Dick,' the actual white whale who, in Chapter 113, still hasn’t made an appearance, though his presence has shaded every word.
Viewpoints

SHEELA CLARY: Trump remakes Academy Awards

Inspired by the president’s comments, eight foreign embassies have announced they will each be sponsoring a remake of a classic American movie.
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