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An Indiana Woman’s Novel About a year ago “The Song of the Cardinal” a book written by Mrs. Gene Stratton-Porter, an Indiana woman, attracted attention because of the new note it struck in the nature study line. “Freckles,” her latest production, just issued by Doubleday, Page & Co., is a more ambitious effort. It, too,Continue reading “Freckles”

By April Raver One hundred years ago, a young woman was standing along a dirt road in Geneva. She carried with her a camera weighing close to 40 pounds while she observed the birds and bugs and animals enjoying a crumbling fence along the edge of a field. When suddenly she heard a sound…. FastContinue reading “The King Rail”

Collaborative Poems by Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner’s August 26, 2017 Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites poetry workshop at Loblolly Marsh Nature Preserve, Limberlost State Historic Site Contributors: Kristine Anderson, Cassie Caylor, Tanya Caylor, Rosemary Freedman, Linda Reising, Christina Simmons, Katie Simmons, Jessica Thompson Kathleen Yeadon (Rosemary and Kathleen were part of theContinue reading “Loblolly Marsh Collaborative Poems”

By Melissa Fey I never dreamed that when I attended a workshop on Monarch butterflies in August 2015 that I would get “hooked.” I went to learn about the life cycle of the Monarch and the fascinating story of their migration journey to Mexico every year. We each were sent home with a Monarch eggContinue reading “Butterfly Farming”

In her book “Music of the Wild,” Gene Stratton-Porter quoted Thoreau and disagreed with his statement about cutting down the clouds. In her writing, she showed that she understood about the need for conservation and the consequences for not conserving our resources. There is a preserve just south of Geneva Indiana called Music of theContinue reading “Clouds”

Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner is our poet-in-residence at Limberlost State Historic Site in 2017. These workshops are made possible by the Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites program with a grant from the Indiana Arts Commission. In her July 22 workshop, she incorporated some of Gene Stratton-Porter’s poems. Below are three short poemsContinue reading “Gene’s Poems”

From “Inside Gene Stratton-Porter’s Cabin”: A Poetry Workshop, July 22, 2017 Given by Shari Wagner, Indiana Poet Laureate This workshop was part of the Arts in the Parks and Historic Sites program. It was sponsored by the Indiana Arts Commission and Limberlost State Historic Site. Limberlost CabinAfter Ted Kooser’s “Abandoned Farmhouse”In Memory of Gene Stratton-PorterContinue reading “Collaborative Poems”

By Adrienne Provenzano Gene Stratton-Porter’s “Flying Flowers” Celebrated in July by Adrienne Provenzano July 4th has come and gone, but there are still opportunities to celebrate this summer! Nine days this month – July 22 -30, 2017 – have been designated as National Moth Week. The event was started in 2011 by Friends of EastContinue reading “Moth Week”

By Terri Gorney Gene Stratton-Porter had a group of people around Geneva that she called the “faithful.” These were the people who brought her cocoons, moths, caterpillars, wounded birds, or passed her information about birds. Who were these people? Research has shown them to be everyone from school age children to farmers to people whoContinue reading “Gene’s Faithful and the King Moth”

By Terri Gorney In his June 30 “Limberlost Notebook” (Berne Witness) column​, Curt Burnette wrote about the Anniversaries that Limberlost is celebrating this year. One of these is the 70th anniversary of the Bird Sanctuary. The Bird Sanctuary was the first land purchased of the “new” Limberlost Territories. A group of farsighted people who madeContinue reading “The Bird Sanctuary”