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The Unencumbered Child in Nature Last week the Senior Outdoor Club gathered for our weekly afternoon and started out with a short meeting to discuss how to spend the next hour and a half. The kids were excited to share the plan that they had formulated earlier in the day and to get started with…

School is back in session Now that school is back in session I am spending time in the gardens and green spaces of our lovely CMH campus again with children. Not only have the children grown and changed during the summer months, but of course, the weeds in our gardens have grown and even multiplied…

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water. ~Loren Eiseley This week the students of CMH will be exploring the large pond on the CMH grounds. With nets, buckets, hand lenses, field guides and checklists they will find what plants and animals live in the watery habitat right outside our school…

Spring Beautification Day volunteer event This past Saturday as I was driving up O’Bannonville Road to CMH for the Spring Beautification Day volunteer event, I couldn’t help smiling at the sight of the showy blooms in the trees in yards lining the way: Saucer Magnolia, Star Magnolia, Plum, Serviceberry, Pear, and Redbud. I felt darn…