Disconcerting Midsummer Detour

by George Jacobi When it happened, I couldn’t have been more than 12, but it’s among my most vivid memories of that age. Services had ended in our little stone Episcopalian church and congregants were in the small parking lot, chatting and preparing to drive home. A commotion attracted me and my brother. As a […]

Walking it Back

I was more than a little uncomfortable yesterday beginning the hike up Utley Hill alongside Columbia Lake Brook. “Walking it Back” suggests undoing a position, an action, or a decision – and in this case, the vivid memory that needs reversal lies in my own head. I’ve avoided this particular Joshua’s Trust area for ten […]

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River of Cedars

On Google Earth it looks like a shag rug. Deep green, a hidden oasis surrounded by modern civilization. I circle the margin, trying to become part of that world of shallow water and thick Atlantic Cedars. And I fail. It’s closed off to non-avians; I bet a tick would struggle to survive. The bog is […]