Mary Swander’s Buggy Land

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The Opening of a New Play by Mary Swander
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Hooray for Raw Milk!
I’m in my garden, bending over my cabbage patch, fretting. The cabbage is growing just fine, but now is the time to deal with the inevitable arrival of…
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The Lot
Today I watched a video of a trans adolescent in tears, reporting bullying. “They said I was disgusting. They said I shouldn’t exist. They spewed…
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Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?
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A Call from the Phone Shack
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Mid-Air
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Christmas Card from Buggy Land
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Farmers, Mental Health, and the Arts
Christopher Weatherly was in town to work with the therapists in the counseling service down the street. He is a licensed social worker, a graduate…
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Button, Button, Who's Got the Button?
During the last three years, I’ve begun watching birds more intently. The creatures have always fascinated me, but during quarantine, I was stationary…
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Mid-Air
Spring Comes on the Wings of Purple Martins
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Omey Island
I thought it much safer to cross the strand on foot. I didn’t think of rising tides, timing or tables. We simply set off and I hoped I wasn’t leading my…
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A Call from the Phone Shack
“What are you doing this afternoon?” a man’s voice came over the line on the telephone. I didn’t know if I were being harassed or this was someone…
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Down in the Mines
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Ice Fishing
A Bottle of Cognac, Schnapps, and Silence in a Shack
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Mary Swander’s Buggy Land
Mary Swander’s Buggy Land
The Amish, sustainability, and the wider rural environment.
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