The author is a Vt. Native 

Life, so far, lived here. 

Homesteaded on a mountain 

Among the bears and the deer. 

When that phase of her life ended 

To the town of Alburgh, Vt. she went. 

She carried on old traditions 

Doing and learning as she went. 

A spinner of yarn she is 

On drop spindle and two wheels. 

Serious writing, she started late in life, 

To tell her words and her soul to heal.