I grew up a barefoot country child wandering the fields and woods on Abbot Hill.

My dad taught at High Mowing and I graduated from HMS in 1966. I have my degree in Waldorf education from Antioch NE. In 1978 I started a school with my husband Tom Scheidler and we lived for most of our lives on campus, in Putney Vermont. My dear friend and mentor, Hugh Renwick, saw a circus production I did with my students and was inspired to bring that to Pine Hill. A part of my heart has always been on "the Hill."

After Tom and I left our school in 1999, I continued my interest in children who could not learn well in mainstream schools. I also fell back on a long neglected art career.

I painted,created an artist group and ran workshops for prominent artists from across the country until June of 2017.

Tom died in March 2018. I am now living in Peterborough NH.