By Richard Louv on April 1st, 2013 Thinking about Newtown. Chased by an unending stampede of 2,000-pound automobiles and 4,000-pound SUVs, we cocoon inside our homes. The assault continues. Unsettling, threatening images charge through the television cable and overwhelm us. Hyper-vigilance trumps mindfulness. Where do we find respite? The poet Wendell Berry offers...

Hanna Rosin

Mar 20 2013

By Richard Louv on April 30th, 2013 What’s a grandparent to do? Marti Erickson makes a practice of keeping two collapsible chairs in her car trunk. If she’s having a particularly stressful day, she drives to the closest patch of nature, sits on one of those chairs, and is soothed. She always carries two chairs in the trunk of her car. “My oldest grandchild likes...

• A mud run event for middle school students
• 1-3 p.m.
•  Saturday, April 6
•  Kiwanis Park in Harbor Springs
•  Dress appropriately
• Free
• (231) 526-2531.

Saturday, February 23, 2013, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Experience the solitude of the wilderness as you snowshoe by torchlight at Camp Daggett. Afterward, come in from the cold for a cup of hot chocolate, freshly baked cookies and to warm-up by the crackling fire in camp’s beautiful main lodge. This event is sponsored by Bearcub Outfitters to promote all that Camp...

• A community sledding party

• 5-8 p.m.

• Saturday, Feb. 9

• Kiwanis Park in Harbor Springs

• Event includes dinner, games, prizes and sledding.

• Free; bring a sled.

• (231) 526-0610

The third Winter Outdoor Fun Day for young children and families will be on Saturday, February 16, 2013 from 10 to 1:00 at the Outdoor Environmental Learning Site and Nature Cabin behind Gaylord Middle School. The day is for young children birth to eight, with their parents. Older siblings are also welcome.  All activities will be outdoors, including hiking,...

 Kate Bassett Harbor Light Newspaper Jan 16, 2013

Photos of elementary school children making patterns with leaves, taking “pictures” with cardboard frames, and practicing geometry by way of building forts, flashed across the projection screen during the Harbor Springs Board of Education meeting Monday, January 14. These images-- examples of how children can learn...