Gifts by Renee is a small handmade business offering spell candles, bath salt, simmer pots and spiritual tools. Every item I create is rooting and p intention. Everything is crafted with a purpose using high high quality ingredients and a touch of magic.
We are a woman owned, family operated and commercially licensed tea and spice business based out of Manchester, NH. Owners Heidi and John are the ones you will most often see behind the table but each family member has a key contribution to the business. This is truly a family involved business! Our family moto is do what you like...
At Lunar Wings & Mystic Roots, the magic of the macabre intertwines with handcrafted artistry steeped in Victorian shadow and gothic influence. I create enchanting pieces designed to feel like something stumbled upon rather than made. Each creation holds the hush of overgrown cemeteries and the flicker of séance candlelight, places where tiny spirits are nestled among weathered stones and...
For over 100 years, no one wanted to be sent to the Sheldon Poor Farm. By 1968, no one wanted to leave. Amid the social turmoil of 1968, the last poor farm in Vermont is slated for closure. By the end of the year, the twelve destitute residents remaining will be dispatched to whatever institutions will take them, their personal stories lost forever. Hazel Morgan and her husband Paul have been matron and manager at the Sheldon Poor Farm for the past 20 years. Unlike her husband, Hazel refuses to believe the impending closure will happen. She believes that if she just cares deeply enough and works hard enough, the Sheldon Poor Farm will continue to be a safe haven for those in need. Told with compassion and humor, The Weight of Snow & Regret tells the poignant story of what it means to care for others in a rapidly changing world.
Elizabeth Gauffreau writes fiction and poetry with a strong connection to family and place. Her work has been widely published in literary magazines, as well as several themed anthologies. Her short story “Henrietta’s Saving Grace” was awarded the 2022 Ben Nyberg prize for fiction by Choeofpleirn Press.
Liz's professional background is in nontraditional higher education, including academic advising, classroom and online teaching, curriculum development, and program administration. She received the Granite State College Distinguished Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2018.
Liz lives in Nottingham, New Hampshire with her husband.
