life and culture
around the parks: a nature library comes to mccalley park
A park bench, a sunny morning, and a stack of books on butterflies and baby animals. What more could a bookworm want? We spent a morning exploring the new and very entertaining Little Free Library in McCalley Park — here’s why you should head there with the kids.
adventure: sign to sign — ambling every street in hollin hills
Seth Styers takes to the streets of Hollin Hills in a journey of discovery — and finds an abandoned ghost, blasé snakes, a cow wearing a hat and other wonders, right here in our own back yard.
art: susie cohen on the “intimate connection” between art, artists and collectors
Do we connect with an artistic object — a handmade bowl, for instance — by touching and interacting with it? Or should we treat it as a work of art, and put it on a shelf to be admired at a distance? Hollin Hills potter Susan Cohen explores the way we live with art — and how it can bind us to each other.
poetry: hollin hills poet cliff bernier turns to the oceans for his new book
Poet Cliff Bernier is best known for his beat poetry and searing blues harp. But for his latest collection — titled Ocean Suite — he turns his ear to the sea for a suite of quiet, introspective poems that probe the deep waters of sound, language, and meaning itself .
romance: so … you’re in love with a hollin hiller!
Uh oh, this could be trouble — you need to read our guide to modern romance, stat!
friendship: birding with barry
Peter Kinzler remembers an avian outing with his friend Barry Pearson.
poem: at 75
Hollin Hills poet Cliff Bernier took to the parks in 2024 for a spare, evocative poem marking the 75th Anniversary of Hollin Hills.
life: spring cleaning, freeganism, and baby-proofing the black hole of despair
The Stuff is coming. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
life: the joys and terrors of other people
Introverts abound in Hollin Hills, bringing creativity, productivity … and much-needed quiet.
the media: public television likes us! they really, really like us!
When a Hollin Hills house was featured on PBS in 2023, we just about died from blushing. No, really, we did.