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• BLOG— Remembering Long Pond

  By Audrey HackettJune 14, 2016

  

  Long Pond was a lake, despite its name. It hung like a particularly wet piece of laundry on the line that was Moose River. The river fed the lake, and the lake, nine miles later, fed the river. Long Pond was a pause in the river’s flow — the river putting up its feet and taking a break.

• BLOG-The Age of Consent

  By Amy MagnusJune 12, 2016

  

  In the hope of sharing a fun experience with my children, I turned a deaf ear to their discomfort. I must respect my child’s limits when fireflies fall to enchant.

• BLOG— Bike path poet

  By Audrey HackettJune 7, 2016

  

  The best poem I’ll ever write is the one I’ll never write. It’s the one I’ll write only in my head, under the influence of bicycling, which apparently is for me as potent as the more illicit highs other writers have pursued for inspiration.

• BLOG – Ode to my Bike

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanJune 6, 2016

  

  Being able to bike this trail was exactly why I like biking so much: you can explore without limits, indulge your imagination, and physically connect with the world around you, all at your own pace.

• BLOG-The Morning Alarm

  By Amy MagnusJune 5, 2016

  

  We hit a snag but didn’t lose heart. We let the early moment that alarmed pass until it was replaced by a charming wonder.

• BLOG— In summer’s country

  By Audrey HackettMay 31, 2016

  

  And that’s how childhood seems to me, a place more than a time. I still dream about certain things: the creek, the cherry tree in the backyard, the concrete front stoop that was a clean, if somewhat bumpy, slate for drawing.

• BLOG-Born To Run

  By Amy MagnusMay 29, 2016

  

  A coop, a concert, and recovery from a near calamity.

• BLOG — Bear facts

  By Lauren ShowsMay 25, 2016

  

  Lauren “Chuck” Shows goes camping in a bear haven and lives to tell the tale — as do most visitors to Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

• BLOG— ‘A very, very fine house’

  By Audrey HackettMay 24, 2016

  

  Like a lifetime achievement award, Yellow Springs bestows the moniker of home ownership at the end of a person’s career, not at its beginning or mid-point. And why not? A person doesn’t own a thing just because a piece of paper says she does.

• BLOG-Traveling Time Step

  By Amy MagnusMay 22, 2016

  

  No matter whatever else happens in my life, all else is gravy.