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Gene Stratton-Porter’s book Music of the Wild came out in October 1910. An early review was in the October 15 1910 issue of the Decatur Daily Democrat, p. 1-2. This review was uncovered by Terri Gorney. Below is part of that review. Music of the Wild, the newest and we believe the most charming ofContinue reading “Review of Music of the Wild”

Curt Burnette has been writing the Limberlost Notebook column for the Berne Witness since the fall of 2012. This is a look back at one of his first columns. Wherein a newcomer discovers the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts ​By Curt Burnette Gene Stratton-Porter introduced the Limberlost to the restContinue reading “Newcomer Discovers Limberlost”

By Adrienne Provenzano The Bird Woman seeks and the Bird Woman finds.The Bird Woman looks with her heart and her mind.The Bird Woman hopes and the Bird Woman waits and waits.Till something wonderful happens!Like a butterfly emerging from its tight cocoon.Or bullfrogs leaping in the heat of June.Like a heron flying in a soaring arc.OrContinue reading “Earth Day is Every Day!”

Gene Stratton-Porter wrote about the Limberlost Swamp in her non-fiction book Music of the Wild. In the third section, she writes about the Music of the Marsh. She describes scenes that we see today at the Limberlost Swamp Nature Preserve, Loblolly Marsh Nature Preserve, Rainbow Bottom and Music of the Wild, the preserve named forContinue reading “Gene’s Music of the Marsh”

This week’s featured poet is L. A. Dubay. L. A. Dubay is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist in Fort Wayne Indiana. She has a rewarding job working with people with disabilities. Her mission is to help people achieve their goals through recreation and leisure. Mother Tree mother treeshelternatural shelterspider and webmoth and gnatnature’s shelter motherContinue reading “Poetry by L. A. Dubay”

Michael Brockley is this week’s featured poet. He is a retired school psychologist who worked for 33 years in Adams and Wells Counties. His poems have appeared in such publications as Flying Island, Tipton Poetry Journal, Clementine Unbound, Panoplyzine, Jokes Review, Third Wednesday, Atticus Review, and Gargoyle. In addition, Visiting Bob: Poems Inspired by theContinue reading “Poetry by Michael Brockley”

This week’s poet is Melissa Fey. Melissa is a an officer on the Friends of the Limberlost board. She has worked for Smith Brothers Furniture for over 40 years and is active in the community. The poems are inspired from the Ceylon Covered Bridge and Rainbow Bottom. History and the Covered Bridge Built of largeContinue reading “Poetry by Melissa Fey”

Jeanne E. Akins is our featured poet this week. She lives in Geneva with her husband Charles and is a tour guide at the Limberlost Cabin. Where did Gene’s River Go? River gone!Where did it go?Someone moved it long ago.No fishing here.No boats.No bridges.No skinny-dipping.No rolled-up breeches.Earth alone now makes a bedFor this river’s sod-filledContinue reading “Poetry by Jeanne E. Akins”

Enjoy the poetry created by Laura Schwartz at Shari Wagner’s poetry workshop on October 12 2019: “Writing Poems at Ceylon Covered Bridge and Rainbow Bottom” Laura is the head librarian in Geneva for the Adams Public Library System and is active in the community. Cathedral Before entering the woods alone alongresolved riverbed, I hid myContinue reading “Poetry by Laura Schwartz”

Thank you to Kimberley Roll for her sharing her January Limberlost eagle adventures in photographs. For our SANJO (Southern Adams Northern Jay Ouabache) Christmas Bird Count, we had 18 bald eagles tallied on the count on January 1 2020. In our SANJO CBC National Audubon Society circle, we now have five bald eagle nests andContinue reading “Eagles of January”