Archive - Mary Swander’s Buggy Land

Coop, a Story of an Amish C.O.

Swander Woman Productions will present three opening performances of Mary Swander’s new play Coop, starring Rip Russell.

Aug 21 •

Country Mouse and City Mouse Texting

A month ago, my 87-year-old neighbor Donna had a stroke in my yard.

Aug 7 •

July 2025

Bring Back the Bluebirds

I let down the front wall of the bluebird house, the gateway to the inside of the box, and saw four eggs–three blue and one white–in the tiny nest woven…

Jul 24 •

Ferrying Across

I stood in the little shelter at the Cleggan pier, waiting to get on the boat to Inishbofin Island, my wheelie bag in hand, a rainy mist falling down on…

Jul 10 •

June 2025

Let's All Go for a Ride

Buggyland will never be Buggyland again.

Jun 26 •

What the Sea Takes from You

“Together, the two drowned men left seven children in this school,” the elementary school principal told me.

Jun 13 •

May 2025

April 2025

Boats Leaving Rossadillisk

Echoes of the 1927 Cleggan Disaster

Apr 18 •

By this time in the evening, we thought the fire had to be out.

Apr 3 •

March 2025

St. Patrick's Day Special

Sean Fitzgerald on the uilleann pipes with Jenny Tie the Bonnet and The Pretty Girls of Mayo.

Mar 17 •

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