Eastman Living Online Magazine

By Judi Platt “Charlie, let it go. It isn’t worth it. Just give up and let’s go,” I pleaded with our group leader. The whole armada of Eastman kayakers had assembled behind us. They were a hungry group, and I was holding up our lunch break. My stomach was growling, too, but Charlie persisted. One […]

By Ethel Paquin Geologists tell us the Big One will crack California’s bedrock. That state will then gently bob west towards Hawaii and do God knows what when it docks. I really don’t want it to happen, I know how much pain would ensue. But I humbly request if it’s going to come that it […]

I can’t help but snicker when I see those ubiquitous bumper stickers bragging that “This Car Climbed Mt. Washington.”

By Judy McCarthy My Uncle Lou, from whom I inherited my gardening gene, hated rabbits. Much of his spare time was spent in his vegetable garden, and those adorable soft, furry little creatures that lived in the field near his house raided his spinach, lettuce and herbs, anything leafy and green. Lou was the patriarch of our extended Italian-American family, […]

By Bob Hartwell Several years ago I was given an apparently robust bird feeder claimed to be “squirrel resistant.” Since my deck is at least 10 feet above ground level with a very tall tree near one corner, I embarked on a project to suspend the feeder from a convenient branch. Project Phase 1.0: My […]

By Judi Platt My feet are sinking quickly into the squishy surface. My hiking boots are not high enough, and my socks are caked with mud. Mud. I leave inch-deep imprints as I tug my feet from Mud’s relentless clutches—each slow, measured step slurping across what could be a Tough Mudder training ground. Mud is […]

By George Decker Neither the South Cove Activity Center nor The Center at Eastman, where the Eastman Council holds its meetings, bears much resemblance to the British House of Commons Chamber, with  its green leather benches and intricate wood paneled walls. Yet it is in these settings with views of the lake and golf course […]