A Life of Literature, Arts and Plenty of Fun
Nancy came to Harvest Hill in 2024, promoted by her desire to live where she could have some assistance if she needed it.
Nancy grew up in Elkhart, Indiana, where she attended a German Lutheran school. She attributes that part of her education to a life-long dislike of being told what to do.
Nancy received her undergraduate degree from Indiana University where she studied Drama. She says there were several famous people in her department, including Kevin Kline—who at the time was still deciding whether to be an opera singer or an actor. She enjoyed acting classes, and acting has been a life-long passion. She was a founding member of the Parish Players in Vermont, a time for which she has many happy memories. She confessed, “I loved the feeling of losing myself in a character, not to mention the thrill of the applause.”
Nancy pursued a second degree later in life when she realized that it was a challenge to make a living in theatre. So, she went back to school for a degree in Library Science, pursuing another of her passions, books and reading.
Nancy found great joy working in a library. “I loved talking with people, hearing about their interests and helping them find the perfect book. I also loved reading to the children and then talking about what we’d read,” she said. When she was in a knitting group, she would read the “Yarn Harlot” books to them. “We laughed so hard sometimes that I couldn’t finish reading.”
She has so many favorite books, it’s too long a list; but when asked to name a few, she shared the following; The One and Future King, The Wind in the Willows, The Bee Keepers Apprentice and The Fellowship of the Ring. She could go on.
Nancy has traveled some, and one of her most cherished travel memories is being in Paris with her friend Lila, “So much fun.” Fun is a word Nancy uses a lot, and it may be a hint to her sense of life overall, she enjoys each day.
When asked what she appreciates about living at Harvest Hill she says it’s the way everyone supports and helps each other out. Nancy said that when she came to HH she looked around to see what she could do to be more engaged within the community. “I decided the best thing I could do was to keep people laughing.” Something which many people would say, she has done.
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