Linda Toren lives in the foothills of Calaveras County with her husband Theo, dogs, a cat, two pigs and many chickens.Linda is a retired teacher and Director of Voices of Wisdom th...view moreLinda Toren lives in the foothills of Calaveras County with her husband Theo, dogs, a cat, two pigs and many chickens.Linda is a retired teacher and Director of Voices of Wisdom through Manzanita Writer's Press (MWP). She has presented poetry workshops for children and adults-publishing schoolwide collections of poetry and art at local elementary schools for more than 15 years.Her poetry appears in the following collections Manzanita: Poetry and Prose of the Mother Lode & Sierra (MWP 1995 - 2008), Wild Edges (MWP 2013) Wine, Cheese & Chocolate (MWP 2014), Voices of Wisdom (MWP 2018, 2019), Out of the Fire (MWP 2017), Teaching with Fire (Poetry That Sustains the Courage to Teach) by Sam M. Intrator & Megan Scribner, editors (2003), CollisionV: an Intersection of Poetry and Photography (2018).Linda produces a community radio program at KQBM Blue Mountain radio which streams live at KQBM.org. Archived shows can be found at archive.org. Search for "Way with Words" Linda Toren. It's a program dedicated to poetry, prose, nonfiction literary news, lyrics, and the celebration of thoughts and language.view less