Jill Vaughan
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Jill Vaughan is a writer, educator, and dairy farmer. She lives on her farm in the Franklin County town of Moira.
Commentary: invisible people
Jan 23, 2009 — The tumbling economy is forcing more people to learn what it means to be poor. But there are many North Country residents who live in perpetual poverty. Commentator Jill Vaughan has spent a career working closely, intimately, with those people. But she doesn't see them much anymore. Go to full article
Commentary: accidental conservationists
Oct 16, 2008 — Sometimes things just don't turn out the way you planned. And sometimes that's not a bad thing. Jill Vaughan finds beauty in a far corner of the farm. Go to full article
Commentary: Jill Vaughan Undocumented
Jun 23, 2006 — Commentator Jill Vaughan didn't know whether she was an undocumented alien, or an illegal immigrant. What she did know was that she didn't have proof of citizenship. And the consequences echoed through the small and large passages of her life. This spring, chance allowed her to claim citizenship, and identity. Go to full article
Commentary: Stretching Out
Jul 07, 2005 — Commentator Jill Vaughan is stretching out - literally and figuratively. Go to full article
Summer Morning Commute
Jun 14, 2005 — No traffic jam...but a crowd of cows. It makes for a peaceful drive for commentator Jill Vaughan. Go to full article
Commentary: Quilt Girl
May 06, 2005 — Amish quilts are geometric pefecton...most of them. Commentator Jill Vaughan has an appreciation for one that doesn't quite measure up. Go to full article
Commentary: Jill Vaughan
Jan 25, 2005 — This summer, our commentator Jill Vaughan was invited to a month-long residency for writers and artists. She says most of her colleagues there thought of themselves as poor... Go to full article
Commentary: Jill Vaughan
Jan 11, 2005 — A story of commitment and renewal in the barnyard from commentator Jill Vaughan. Go to full article
Commentary: Jill Vaughan?Rural Homelessness
May 24, 2004 — We get up in the morning, know where the coffee cups are, shrug into a robe, and find our favorite chair to wake up in. We have a routine...and security. There's a whole... Go to full article
Commentary: Who's to Blame?
Apr 12, 2004 — Commentator Jill Vaughan acknowledges that we all hunger for closure and disclosure. She just wants to look forward as well as back. Go to full article
