Thoughts on Farms and Herons
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Cobb Hill member Stephen Leslie is a farmer and a writer. We thought you'd enjoy one of his latest pieces, a reflection on ecology, farming, climate change, herons, and horses.
Read MoreEnd of Hay Season
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Well, the goose is back to nesting in the hay loft window---we guess this must mean we are done with haying season. More than 4000 bales got put away in the barn. Thanks so much to everyone who pitched in---and special thanks to Hal who was a mowing and a baling like a house on fire.
Read MoreA New Generation of Bicycle Riders at Cobb Hill
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This summer, I would give the award for adventurous biking to Charlie and his cousin Ben who spent much of last week building and then using a series of wooden ramps to, for a second or two, defy gravity in fearless acts of bicycle aviation.
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Dartmouth comes to Cobb Hill
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I am a professor at Dartmouth and the Executive Director of a large research lab called the Digital Arts Leadership and Innovation (DALI) Lab. Every year I bring my students and members of the lab to Cobb Hill. Saturday night 20 students and staff came for dinner, blueberry picking, and s'mores by the fire pit. It couldn't have been better. Once again Cobb Hill, and all we do and aspire to do, were inspirational to a group of young people from a wide range of backgrounds.
Read MoreThe Hope of Francis
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If our species is to survive and thrive we must regain the knowledge, commitment and will to adapt our ways of living to sustainable and renewable patterns that enhance rather than destroy the life of this planet. We can do this. All the tumult, fears, struggles and hopes we each experience in our own microcosm of community are not in any way separate from this exciting macro-cosmic moment of danger and opportunity.
Read MoreA Day of Climate Advocacy for Some Cobb Hillians
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Three Cobb Hill teens, Jenna, Nora, and Gretta, have been particularly active in the Vermont divestment effort over the past six months, lobbying legislators, attending the pension investment committee meetings and delivering public comments to the investment board. Jenna has also been hand-painting banners for use at divestment rallies across the state (see a cool video of Jenna making one of those banners here).
Read MoreSummer Morning in the Market Garden
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Looking north across the market garden. Photo by Jenna Rice.
The Winter Wren
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There is a Winter Wren holding forth at the top of Cobb Hill. He's the 3.75 inch guy who weighs a third of an ounce and has the pizzicato presto series of trills and chirps given every minute or so.
Read MoreRadishes in the Kids' Garden
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Caitlin and the radish harvest!