Chris Banner

by Chris Banner I can hear my breath when I row into Cherry Point. I’ve worked hard against the southerly breeze, but I’ve enjoyed the slapping waves, the hull’s contented gurgle and the creak of the rowlocks. My ears hear the whistle of Eagles high in the trees, the croak of a startled Heron wading on the shore and the raucous rattle of the Kingfisher, darting from tree to tree. I rest on my oars sheltered from the wind.

Foxfire is a naturally occurring bioluminescent fungus which grows in north Georgia. It is also the name of a group of writers that write about their heritage in the same area where the fungus grows.Foxfire originated in 1966 at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, a private school in northern Georgia, to engage students in writing.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a syndrome characterized by social deficits, including communication, and unusual interests and behaviors.No one characteristic is defining. It is a spectrum, and no two cases are the same. Perhaps one person in eighty-eight has ASD, perhaps more, perhaps fewer.That means that there may be about 600 people on the Spectrum in Manhattan, so you may know one even if you do not realize it.