Home is a Changeling Podcast

Please note: This essay first appeared in September 2015 on my previous blog site, and was titled “Homesteading”. I’ve made some additional edits to reflect the passage of time. I’ve purposefully kept this one brief; enjoy! Reflection questions: * What does “homestead” mean to you? * What remnants of homesteads past possess the most meaning for you, and why? The state of Vermont is located on the...

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If you’d rather listen to this essay in a browser or as a podcast, click the audio voiceover (“listen to post”) above. Read this if you need instructions on how to listen to episodes on your podcast app. If you’re reading this in your inbox, you can find a shareable, web-friendly version at ashleighellskells.substack.com, where all my other essays and podcasts live. You can request to follow me on...

As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these interviews are questions about physical “homes”, we get to talk about all sorts of other things that are (or are not) “home”...

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As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these interviews are questions about physical “homes”, we get to talk about all sorts of other things that are (or are not) “home”...

It’s late November again, and my thoughts, like many of yours, turn to crisp leaves, perhaps an early season snow, gallons of freshly pressed apple cider, and the upcoming gratitude for the harvest. Ah, the romanticized Thanksgiving .  When we’re young, our holiday traditions feel like all there ever is. And so it went, for me, for twenty-three years. And then came 2003, when I moved 2,000 miles a...

As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these interviews are questions about physical “homes”, we get to talk about all sorts of other things that are (or are not) “home”...

Please note: This essay first appeared in October 2015 on my previous blog site, and was titled “Peaf Leeping”. I’ve made some light edits to reflect the passage of time. I’ve purposefully kept this one brief; enjoy! If you’ve read my introductory essay, Welcome Home , you already know that I am not a native New Englander but lived in Vermont for eleven years; eleven times we witnessed the brillia...

I hope you’re ready to rock, because… WELCOME TO WEEZER SUMMER!   This five-part series is a deep dive into how a young, quirky alternative band named Weezer—and a whole universe around them—became a kind of home for a teenage girl looking for somewhere to belong.  Before you proceed: make sure you read Parts 1-4! They can be found here: https://ashleighellskells.substack.com/ Pink/Blue: Part 4 an...

I hope you’re ready to rock, because… WELCOME TO WEEZER SUMMER!   This five-part series is a deep dive into how a young, quirky alternative band named Weezer—and a whole universe around them—became a kind of home for a teenage girl looking for somewhere to belong.  Before you proceed: make sure you read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3! They can be found here: https://ashleighellskells.substack.com/ Pin...

I hope you’re ready to rock, because… WELCOME TO WEEZER SUMMER!   This five-part series is a deep dive into how a young, quirky alternative band named Weezer—and a whole universe around them—became a kind of home for a teenage girl looking for somewhere to belong.  Before you proceed: make sure you read Part 1 and Part 2! They can both be found here: https://ashleighellskells.substack.com/ Rock =W...

I hope you’re ready to rock, because… WELCOME TO WEEZER SUMMER!   This five-part series is a deep dive into how a young, quirky alternative band named Weezer—and a whole universe around them—became a kind of home for a teenage girl looking for somewhere to belong.  Blue/Pink: Part 1 and Part 2 traces my journey from when I first heard them on the radio back in 1994 and felt that click of connectio...

I hope you’re ready to rock, because… WELCOME TO WEEZER SUMMER!   This five-part series is a deep dive into how a young, quirky alternative band named Weezer—and a whole universe around them—became a kind of home for a teenage girl looking for somewhere to belong.  Blue/Pink: Part 1 and Part 2 traces my journey from when I first heard them on the radio back in 1994 and felt that click of connectio...

"Home is a Changeling" explores the notion that home is not one place or one thing, but possibly everything at once. As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these intervi...

As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these interviews are questions about physical “homes”, we get to talk about all sorts of other things that are (or are not) “home”...

Thank you for reading Home is a Changeling. This post is public so feel free to share it. As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these interviews are questions about phy...

As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these interviews are questions about physical “homes”, we get to talk about all sorts of other things that are (or are not) “home”...

As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these interviews are questions about physical “homes”, we get to talk about all sorts of other things that are (or are not) “home”...

As part of this series, I conduct interviews with fascinating people who have resided all over the country and the globe. These occasional interviews appear as podcast episodes (available through your browser or on various podcast apps) and while the starting place for these interviews are questions about physical “homes”, we get to talk about all sorts of other things that are (or are not) “home”...