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Great Mountain Forest to host Nature Writing Retreat at Historic Yale Camp in Falls Village, Conn., Aug. 7 to 9

“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.

Bits & Bytes: Memorial Day parade schedule; OLLI’s summer classes; Senate advances budget; Stockbridge Library annual meeting; Pratt scholarship for Alison Lee

The Stockbridge Library's annual meeting will feature remarks by a delegation of representatives from the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation who will share their perspectives on the Stockbridge Indian Town history and discuss the legacy of Mohican veterans.

Lost Silence

The young poet, Matthew Vernon Whalan , now back at Marlboro College in Vermont, muses about silences, real and imagined.

Poems: Desiring is labor enough; The Onion

...to prop up, against the variable wind of circumstance, the cardboard and chicken wire tower of hope.

A poem: In My Town

In my town the youth congregate to complain about their futures and Try their hand at drinking away their worries. They want more than their imaginings of the future can give them
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The Edge Is Free To Read.

But Not To Produce.