Carole L. Presberg
Woolgather Farm
51 Farwell Road
Tyngsboro, MA 01879
Home: 978-649-4348 Cell: 978-204-1906
Email: shepdog@gis.net
Facebook pages: www.facebook.com/carole.presberg
Thistle Woolworks: www.facebook.com/pages/Thistle-Woolworks/216948545043044
Border Collie Museum: www.facebook.com/pages/Border-Collie-Museum/216555258357445
The Shepherd's Dog online bookstore: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Shepherds-Dog-online-bookstore/222223667794694
North American Border Collie Rescue Network:
www.facebook.com/pages/North-American-Border-Collie-Rescue-Network/113456425411746
My Thistle Woolworks Etsy Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/ThistleWoolworks

ONGOING ENDEAVORS:

Design, production, and maintenance of several extensive websites, including:

• Woolgather Farm Home Page
• Thistle Woolworks
• The Border Collie Museum
• The Shepherd's Dogge magazine
• The Shepherd's Dog online bookstore
• North American Border Collie Rescue Network

Experience in HTML, BBEdit, Photoshop, PageMaker, etc.

Owner, The Shepherd's Dog an online bookstore dealing in old, antique, rare, and out-of-print books of interest to Border Collie and sheepdog enthusiasts.

Freelance writer for a variety of publications.

Currently under contract for a series of articles, "The History of Shepherd's Dog", for International Sheepdog News, the magazine of the International Sheep Dog Society (Britain and Ireland). Twenty have already been published.

Co-owner of Woolgather Farm.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE:

Fifteen years experience in Border Collie Rescue. (Retired)

Founder and President of North American Border Collie Rescue Network, Inc. (NABCRN).

Eight years, president of New England Border Collie Rescue, Inc. (NEBCR), and one of the founders of the organization, former intake coordinator, former member of the policies committee, and former website designer and manager. (Retired)

Owner, publisher, editor, and producer of The Shepherd's Dogge (a Border Collie publication), 1988-2002.

Co-author of The Working Border Collie, (book) published by T.F.H. Publishers.

Freelance writer for a variety of publications.

Co-founder and co-director of Sheep-to-Shawl Tour of Scotland, (a small group tour to sheep and fiber-related sites), 1983-1992.

Editor of NEBCA News (newsletter of the North East Border Collie Association (NEBCA)), and one of the founders of the organization.

Editor of the newsletter of the Essex County (Massachusetts) Sheep Breeders Association, and one of the founders of the organization.

Editor of the Newsletter and Journal (a publication of the Boston Area Spinners & Dyers (BASD)).

Art editor of the Carlisle, Massachusetts Mosquito (the town newspaper), and one of the founders of the publication.

Instructional Materials Assistant (all graphic arts production for use of the instructors), Hunter College Audio-Visual Center.

EDUCATION: BA in Art/Education from Hunter College, City University of New York.

• Series of articles in International Sheep Dog News, the magazine of the International Sheepdog Society in Britain and Ireland (ISDS):
  

  "The Shepherd's Dog in Antiquity", Nov./Dec. 2009
  "The Shepherd's Dog in the Middle Ages, from Secular Sources", Jan./Feb. 2010
  "The Shepherd's Dog in the Middle Ages, from Religious Sources", Mar./Apr. 2010
  "The Shepherd's Dog in the 16th and 17th Centuries", May/Jun. 2010
  "Droving in Britain", July/Aug. 2010
  "The Drovers' Dogs, Sept./Oct. 2010
  "Introduction to the Shepherd's Dog in the 18th and 19th Centuries", Nov./Dec. 2010
  "Buffon, Bewick, Burns and Edwards", Jan./Feb. 2011
  "James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd", Mar./Apr. 2011
  "William Youatt and the Beginning of Veterinary Medicine", May/June 2011
  "Queen Victoria and the Victorian Era", July/Aug. 2011
  "The Artists' Portrayal of the Shepherd's Dog in the Victorian Era: Wilkie, Landseer, Ansdell, Douglas", Sept./Oct. 2011
  "Non-British Artists' Portrayal of the Shepherd's Dog in the Victorian Era", Jan./Feb. 2012
  "Border Collie Cousins: the Collies of Great Britain & Ireland", Mar./Apr. 2012
  "Border Collie Cousins: the Collies of North and South America", May/June 2012
  "Collie-Types in Alpine Europe", July/Aug. 2012
  "Collie-Types in non-Alpine Southern Europe", Nov./Dec. 2012
  "Collie-Types in Northern Europe", Jan./Feb. 2013
  "Collie-Types in Eastern Europe", Mar./Apr. 2012
  "Herding Dogs in Asia", May/June 2012

• "The Chance to Become a 'Real Dog'--Jade's Story", The Critter Exchange, March 2004

• "Picture Past: 'Collie Dog Rescuing a Sheep' by Sir Edwin Landseer, International Sheepdog News, Jan/Feb. 2004.

• "Picture Past: Edwin James Douglas", International Sheepdog News, Sept/Oct 2003.

• "Picture Past: Harrison W. Weir's 'Sheep in Winter'", International Sheepdog News, Jul/Aug 2003.

• "Picture Past: H.W. Koekkoek's 'Coil driving a chick into a jam tin'", International Sheepdog News, May/June 2003.

• "Picture Past: Frank Dadd's 'Sheep Fair in Cornwall'", International Sheepdog News, Jan/Feb 2003.

• "Health: Foot-and-Mouth Disease--What Does It All Mean", The Shepherd's Dogge, Summer 2001.

• "Sports: Agility", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 2001.

• "The Shepherd's Bookshelf: Year of the Working Sheepdog, a film by David Kennard", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 2001.

• "Winter Sports: Skijoring with a Border Collie", The Shepherd's Dogge, Winter 2000/2001.

• "Bee Bane" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Fall 2000,

• "The Lost Glove" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 2000.

• "Comments on the Welsh Sheepdog by the Editor", The Shepherd's Dogge, Fall 1998.

• "Sports: The Flyball Phenomenon", The Shepherd's Dogge, Fall 1998.

• "The Aging Working Dog", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1998.

• "Jute's Story" (tribute), The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1998.

• "Color in the Border Collie", The Shepherd's Dogge, Summer 1997.

• "Special Report: the Drover's Dog", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1997.

• "Shepherd's Dog: The Border Collie", Farm & Country, July 1996.

• "Foot (v.t., to add up, as numbers in a column)" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Fall 1995.

• "Herding Dogs in Britain & Ireland, Part VIII: the Border Collie", The Shepherd's Dogge, Summer 1995.

• "Herding Dogs in Britain & Ireland, Part VII: The Old Working Collies", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1995.

• "The Shepherd's Dog", Spin-Off, Spring 1994.

• "The Shape Changers" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1994.

• "The Dog that Led Two Lives" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Summer 1993.

• "A Visit in Shetland", The Shepherd's Dog, Spring 1993.

• "Winter Reading: Book Reviews", The Shepherd's Dog, Winter 1992/93.

• "Setting The Hens" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Winter 1992/93.

• "Second Sight" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Fall 1992.

• "Henry Douglas, Farmer from the Borders", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1992.

• "The Border Collie in Search-and-Rescue in Scotland: Fraser Simpson and Tor", The Shepherd's Dogge, Winter 1991/92.

• "Jess Brings Home the Bacon" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Fall 1991.

• "James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, Part II: Of Shepherd's Dogs", The Shepherd's Dogge, Summer 1991.

• "James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, Part I: Shepherd & Farmer", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1991.

• "Book Review: Katy Morag Books for Children by Mairi Hedderwick", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1991.

• "Ghost!" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1991.

• "Willie Scott: Shepherd of the Borders", The Shepherd's Dogge, Winter 1990/91.

• "The Artist's Portrayal of the Sheepdog: Beatrix Potter", The Shepherd's Dogge, Summer 1990

• "Short Story: The Great Sheep Move by H.W. Scott", The Shepherd's Dogge, Winter 1989/1990.

• "Barbara Carpenter", The Shepherd's Dogge, Fall 1989.

• "The Artist's Portrayal of the Shepherd's Dog: Thomas Bewick (1752-1828)", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1989.

• "Lassie and Other Come-Home Dogs", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1989.

• "Donald MacCaig", The Shepherd's Dogge, Fall 1988.

• "Ruby and the Broken Clock" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Summer 1988.

• "On the Aging Working Dog", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1988.

• "Maurice MacGregor & Rob Roy: A Team That Left Its Mark on New England", The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1988.

• "The Hat Full of Eggs" (short story), The Shepherd's Dogge, Spring 1988.

• Book reviews, historic art critiques, and dog profiles, The Shepherd's Dogge, quarterly, 1988-2002.

• "Syrup Isn't the Only Thing Maple in Vermont", Black Sheep Newsletter, Winter 1988.

• "Raising Coloured Sheep in Scotland", Black Sheep Newsletter, Winter 1987.

• "The Woolgrower and the Handspinner, The Continuing Saga", Black Sheep Newsletter, Summer 1987.

• "Conducting Market Research in Wool for Handspinners", Black Sheep Newsletter, Spring 1987.

• "Border Collies, Hardworking Dogs", Black Sheep Newsletter, Fall 1986.

• "Wool in Scotland, A Brief Overview", for Sheep-to-Shawl Tour of Scotland 1986.

• "New Hampshire Backyard Sheep Farmer", Black Sheep Newsletter , Summer 1986.

• "A Maine Sheep Farmer's Peace Initiative", Black Sheep Newsletter, Spring 1986.

• "Custom Wool Processing in the Northeast", Black Sheep Newsletter, Winter 1985.

• "Mable Ross, Scottish Spinner and Teacher", Black Sheep Newsletter, Spring 1985.

• "Writer Betty Levin Raises Sheep in Massachusetts, Naturally!", Black Sheep Newsletter, Spring 1984.

• "A 'Sheep to Shawl' Tour of Scotland", Black Sheep Newsletter, Winter 1983.

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