by lissa | Apr 23, 2023 | The Wash
Reflections of a mental health worker Tina K. Olsen / prose and art When I worked at the South Beach Psychiatric Center in Staten Island, a young man was admitted to the forensic unit for murdering and dismembering his father. A wave of fear and horror spread quickly...
by lissa | Apr 5, 2023 | The Wash
Health Care and Rehabilitation Services – HCRS – is a non-profit community agency providing mental health, substance use and developmental disability services for children and adults in Windham and Windsor counties in Southern Vermont. It has offices in...
by lissa | Feb 28, 2023 | Here and There
We visited with Kali Quinn, director of the Center for Compassionate Creativity in Bisbee, Arizona, a hilly old copper mining town about 10 miles from the US/Mexico border. Kali is a multimedia artist who used to live in Brattleboro. Former Marlboro College professor,...
by lissa | Feb 28, 2023 | Here and There
Cloudy cliffs near monterrey The New Year’s weather forecast in California was frightening. Wave upon wave of news reports warned of the newest climate trend: ‘Atmospheric rivers.’ These gargantuan systems heavy with moisture would crawl over the Pacific Ocean to hit...
