Beth Miller Submitted photo

UNION — Vose Library is scheduled to host Elizabeth Miller during for its next Vose or Virtual Wednesday program, set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, via Zoom.

Nearly 20 years ago Miller moved with her husband and four young kids from suburban New Jersey to a 200-year-old Federal period house and barn in rural Maine. She didn’t garden, she didn’t keep chickens or bees, she didn’t know how to preserve food, and she didn’t know how to make soap or hook rugs, according to a news release from the library.

She embarked on a journey to learn these heritage skills that had been somewhat forgotten, and today she owns and operates Parris House Wool Works, a traditional rug-hooking company serving both crafters and end buyers. It is also a working village homestead and workshop where she practices and teaches heritage skills, including all aspects of gardening, beekeeping, rug hooking, preserving, and soap making.

She teaches in studio and at select teaching venues. Her work has been featured in Making Magazine, Rug Hooking Magazine, and on the Magnolia television show, Maine Cabin Masters.

Heritage Skills for Contemporary Life: Seasons at the Parris House, published by Down East Books, is available signed by Miller at
parrishousewoolworks.com.

It can be ordered from an independent bookseller, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other book retailers. It also is available at Vose Library.

Closed captioning will be available. To receive a Zoom registration link, call 207-785-4733, email librarian@voselibrary.org or stop by the library, 392 Common Road.