TRR photo by Sandy Long The St. Oran Bell Tower invites visitors to consider that “The way you think it is may not be the way it is at all.”

Myth, mystery and megaliths: Columcille

While a master mason from Scotland restores the Roebling Bridge’s stone retaining wall at Minisink Ford, NY (see front page), a mystical landscape called Columcille, near Stroudsburg, PA, welcomes voyagers to a place inspired by a tiny island of four-billion-year-old stone off Scotland’s west coast.

For centuries, the rugged Isle of Iona has been a source of spiritual guidance and awakening. A monastic community was established there by Saint Columba (Colum Cille) in 563 A.D. that influenced Celtic Christianity through its prayers, art, education and missionary work.

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Your favorite farmer could win an award

WATKINS GLEN, NY—In recognition of the many contributions New York’s farmers make to New York’s communities, NY Farms! is accepting nominations for its fourth annual I Love My New York Farmer Awards.

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Learn about layers of life in the forest

MAYFIELD, PA—The Wayne/Lackawanna Forest Landowners Association and the Northeast PA Audubon society will co-sponsor a program about the interrelationship of the forest canopy and its bird and wildlife population at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 15 at the Heritage Valley center.

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Also in this issue:

• A river idyll
• Students vote for state butterfly
• Dicots, monocots and ‘hairy’ grass