Janet Reynolds

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Janet believes in the transformational power of storytelling and has built her career around harnessing this power -- for herself, for communities, for companies. Everyone has a story to tell. What's yours?

RECENT PROJECT SAMPLE: Media Strategist @ Norfolk Chamber Music Festival | Write On! Workshop Creator/Teacher @ Mental Health Connecticut and idontmind | Consulting Editor @ 55+ Life magazine | Senior Editor @ Different Leaf magazine | Founder/Editor @ All Souls Witchy Women Podcast and Blog | Memoir "Finding Our Way: A Mother and Son's Journey Through Schizophrenia."

Here is a sampling of Janet's recent published work.

Next Avenue •

Birds of a Feather

Birdability wants to make birding accessible to everyone. Just about every medical expert agrees: Getting outdoors is good for virtually everyone's health. For some, however, decreased mobility and other health challenges can make finding a way to enjoy nature just one more hurdle that can't be overcome.Birdability wants to break down that barrier. The Austin, Texas-based nonprofit focuses on helping people with mobility challenges, blindness or low vision, chronic illness, hearing issues and othe...
Connecticut Magazine, CT Insider •

Inside the fantastical, retrofuturistic world of CT's steampunk scene and its passionate practitioners

Walking into the Stupid Cupid Steampunk Weekend Extravaganza at the Courtyard by Marriott in Cromwell is a little like emerging from a time machine into the Victorian era — with perhaps an opium-inspired twist. People in what initially appears to be Victorian garb swarm the hotel’s hallways. Top hats, waistcoats and trousers abound for the men, while many of the women are clothed in the long dresses and elaborate hats commonly found in the era.
Connecticut Magazine, CT Insider •

Redding opera singer Kathryn Lewek chats about her record-breaking role as Mozart’s legendary villain, the Queen of the Night

The iconic Queen of the Night, Mozart’s villain in his popular Magic Flute opera, is only onstage for 12½ minutes of the 3½-hour production. And yet, thanks to “Der Hölle Rache,” her stunning rage aria, the role is renowned by opera singers and fans alike. It is a role that only certain sopranos can even attempt. Kathryn Lewek of Redding she broke a Metropolitan Opera record in May for singing a single role when she hit — and then surpassed — her 50th performance there in that role.
Adirondack Explorer •

Early nomads or occupants of the Adirondacks?

Examining the ancestral home and range of Indigenous people For many, the story of the settling of the Adirondacks goes something like this: The area was a vast, uninhabited wilderness until white settlers came to start mining, lumbering and, later, vacationing. Yes, a few Native Americans traveled through the Adirondacks in pre-colonial times, but they never actually lived there. The problem is the story is not true.
55+ Life •

Life After Death

Coping with the loss of a partner June 2, 2019, was a typical Sunday for Donna and Clark Perkett of Queensbury. “We had such a great day,” says Donna. “We were so busy. Clark was over helping the neighbor who had a bad heart. His mom lives across the street and he was helping plant her flowers. Then we had a really nice family dinner, the nicest steak and mushrooms and potatoes.” It was a day that seemed to be a beginning — of warm weather, days by the pool, family barbecues. Instead, it was t
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