Blogs in August 2016

Axle Annie 1st August 2016

There’s only one reason that snow never closes school in Burskyville: school bus driver extrordinaire, Axle Annie. She puts the pedal to the metal and gets the bus up the snowy hills every time. Of course, not everyone appreciates...

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The World Before This One 1st August 2016

Crow is a Seneca boy, coming of age in a time of war, in a time before stories. Cast out of the Seneca tribe, Crow and his grandmother struggle merely to find enough food to make it through the...

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Learning to Fly: A Season with the Peregrine Falcon 1st August 2016

Naturalist and U.S. Air Force pilot P.H. Liotta spent an unforgettable season in the Adirondacks attempting to bridge the chasm between man and nature by teaching orphaned falcons to fly. And he found that in mastering flight, falcons, like...

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Wickerby: An Urban Pastoral 1st August 2016

“Outside my window, the city lights are taking hold now, the breeze-brushed, gently pulsating grid. Why is a cemented aggregate of homes arranged in a tall, tight cluster any further from nature than one wood home within the woods?...

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Woodswoman: Living Alone in the Adirondack Wilderness 1st August 2016

Many have dreamed of building a cabin in the wilderness and living there alone in the solitude of a region that is far from civilization. Here is the unusual story of a young wildlife ecologist who has done just...

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