Memphis Democrat July 11, 2001

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Memphis Democrat Column -- Jacob's Travel Logs

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Hi. This Alline Anderson sitting in for Rachel Katz.

Well, our little world was rocked this week as bulldozing began on Woerhle Road (at Smith). While we knew it was coming we had no idea how extensive the clearing work would be. It's been quite sad to see the trees and undergrowth dozed down to bare earth 40' from the road. We'll miss the bluebirds, the columbines and asters we used to see on our walks. However, now that the roadside is wide open without any tree cover, it looks like a perfect site for tall grass prairie restoration! I'm visualizing purple cone flowers, black-eyed Susans, compass plant, sunflowers, and more. Hmmmm.....

On a happier note, Kurt and Tony led a crew putting in the first bales in Skyhouse! It was under the guise of a seminar, kind of Huck Finn-sytle. Participating were Laurel, Scott, Tamar, Tom, Elizabeth and Rainbow. Roger and Lisa continue to lead other crews on Skyhouse, and the work is progressing wonderfully.

Relatives and friends continue to flock to Dancing Rabbit, which we love. We not only enjoy meeting the important folks in our intern's lives, but love showing off Dancing Rabbit, too. This week we got to meet Elizabeth (aka Mukluk) Henry's aunt MarJo, uncle Paul and cousin John from Indianapolis. Phil Shapiro, the father of Emily (aka 'Nim"), another intern, came down from upstate New York for the weekend. And even our visitors are having visitors; Angelina and Jon hosted her mom and step-father. They made a pilgrimage to El Jimador in Kirksville for fajitas, and were not disappointed.

Rachel and Cecil took the train down to Kansas City to visit William Jewell College where they met with an Environmental Ethics class. A few days later Jeffrey and Susan picked them up in LaPlata and helped the rest of us by doing all of our Kirksville of errands. Best of all were the bagels and cream cheese they brought home for breakfast the next day!

One of our newest interns, Megan R., is a classically trained violinist. She's making her transition to 'fiddler' under the tutelage of Tamar, our Fiddle Queen. We have hopes she'll join Don, Cecil and Tamar in our contra-dance band. Our former interns Scott and Laurel are back from visiting Scott's relatives in Florida. They have upgraded their status to 'resident' and will be staying a few more weeks. We're glad to have them back - we've missed their energy and enthusiasm.

In other news, Jeffrey led an evening or choral singing, and had ten folks belting their hearts out, including two who walked over from Sandhill. The evening's challenges included a Macedonian piece and a spiritual. It's so fun walking by when there's a singing night - the sounds emanating from Jeffrey's house are beautiful! Susan Wright had another smashing bake sale, and our intern Aaron came back from a quick trip to Iowa City (and new student orientation). He'll be living in a co-op there and is looking forward to it.

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