North House Folk School

Jeanne believes that hands are a glimpse into a person’s life story. Her grandparents’ strong, thick fingers supported their farming life. Inspired by those around her that create with their hands, Jeanne has kept hers busy, too. She has built her own timber frame house and sauna (with her trusty husband), stocks the root cellar with garden produce, and chases chickens around the yard with her daughter. From woodworking to soapmaking, puppet making to fiber arts, her hands are beginning to show her life’s work. Grandpa would be proud.

Jeanne is on the Board of the Good Harbor Hills Players (GHHP) - a local puppeteer nonprofit organization. She is also involved in dreaming, creating and acting in the GHHP’s annual Summer Solstice Pageant.