Fire is an important part of many healthy ecosystems. Suppressed, it often becomes an uninvited guest! Prairie Fires and Forest Fire: Flames for New Consciousness? The settlers coming into Illinois during the early part of the 19th century suffered many of the hardships of any people populating an unfamiliar territory. Drawn by location and the… Read more »
More “Incidents” As Told by William Edward Peabody My great grandfather William Edward Peabody was born in Stonington, IL in 1846. His father William Starr Peabody was one of the colony’s main founders. The following is excerpts from his remembrances about Old Stonington Colony around experiences that became stories told over and over, stories they… Read more »
Wampum beads, Wikipedia My novel Snakes grew out of years of hearing snake stories, some coming from family stories I heard as a child, and from these relatives who migrated from Stonington, Connecticut, to Old Stonington Colony, Illinois. The following stories were recounted by my great uncle Guy Peabody (b. 1878), son of William Edward… Read more »
My Great-great Grandfather, William Starr Peabody In Celebration of Lughnasa: Family Stories About The History of Old Stonington Colony, Part One In celebration of the harvest festival of Irish Lughnasa, or the English Lamas, I want honor some my own farming ancestors. The following is from my mother’s father’s side,… Read more »
Jimalee musing. This week my writers group is retreating in Carmel only a block from Robinson Jeffers’ Tor House. The first 24 hours here have been quiet ones of rest, naps, and walks. Two of our group could not come, and we feel their absence. It would be easy… Read more »
Review: Mink River, A Novel, By Brian Doyle Brian Doyle’s novel Mink River (Oregon State University Press, 2010) is a funny, unique tale that quickly becomes a page turner (once you realize what you are into). Then, story by citizen story, you are transformed from the ground up. It would be so easy for Doyle… Read more »
Naomi and me at a recent reading. Photo: Dan Safron Marked by Fire received two incredible reviews (Jung Journal: Culture and Psyche, May 2013) by George and Suzanne Wagner. We could not be more honored! Suzanne Wagner is a senior analyst at the C.G. Jung Institute in San Francisco practicing in Sausalito. She was the writer… Read more »
Photo by Art and Clarity Under the Oak (with Pan): Reading for the Earth: June 22, 2013, 4:30 pm. Poetry and art often are informed by that lively “denizen of the wild,” Pan. That is certainly true of the works of poets Frances Hatfield, Naomi Lowinsky, and Leah Shelleda. Each’s work is a plumb bob… Read more »
The house built by Thomas Pope Inheritances You always wonder, will this be the last time? Saying goodbye to the old house is like that, the house built by my great grandfather Thomas Pope before the turn of the last century and populated by my family ever since. It is an East Lake… Read more »
P.I. in years past. P.I. Passes Again Our animals grace us with their lovely bodies for such short stretches! This week P.I. passed back into the ethers. It seemed too soon, but then, it always does. He had lost a lot of weight over the last months. Everything we tried to correct with his thyroid… Read more »
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