Susan Dromey Heeter, a writer from Dover, recently let her hair go au natural white. Besides writing Joyful Musings for InDepthNH.org. Dromey Heeter is a secondary Spanish Teacher at Spaulding High School in Rochester and the mother of two teenage daughters. Writing has been her passion since her English majoring days at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. Dromey Heeter has lived in The Netherlands, Alaska and currently basks in all things New England, including the frigid winters. An avid swimmer, Dromey Heeter’s great passion is to bring back body surfing as most children have no idea how to ride waves without ridiculous boogie boards. She also writes about thrift shopping and all things frugal in a column called “Budget Vogue” for the New Hampshire Union Leader.Feature
Saluting Strong Women Who Speak the Truth
I muse joyfully today on kindness, on cups of tea shared, on strong women, on voices heard, on speaking the truth.
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Skittles and Sugar Babies and Milk Duds, Oh My!
It’s the end of Halloween week whereupon the grams of sugar I have digested are equal to the national debt.
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All Aboard the Wayback Machine at the Dover Library Book Sale
A beautiful young woman wearing scrubs asked, “What is your name?”
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All Things Better With Love and Butter
Julia Child once remarked, “With enough butter, anything is good.”
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Reciting the Hail Mary in Under 10 Seconds
Today I muse joyfully that I purchased that kneeler and celebrate the transformation of brown to periwinkle blue, on pleather to polka dots, on the transformative brilliance of prayer.
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How to Become a Millionaire: Match Susan’s Umpteen Socks
What will they find in your house when you are the target of the big investigation?
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Summer Bliss 2019: Cousin Spotted on Crowded Beach
I muse joyfully on the summer of 2019 which was, for me, one of the tops. Swimming and walking and glorious moments of “Wow.”
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Happy June 1 from Columnist of the Year II
I earned a second-place award for Columnist of the Year, I shall now put the letters, C.O.Y II after my name.
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InDepthNH.org’s Nancy West, Garry Rayno, Susan Dromey Heeter Win Press Awards
UPDATED. The state’s only nonprofit online news outlet – InDepthNH.org – took home seven awards in its category and its founder was honored for Lifetime Achievement at the New Hampshire Press Association’s Distinguished Journalism banquet Wednesday night.