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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Alternative Energy Demonstration Area at Boxerwood

On your next visit to Boxerwood, check out the latest addition to our Alternative Energy demonstration area. The T-REX Solar panels have been supplying our hot water in the Munger Lodge for almost four years. We now have a non-functioning but life size residential wind generator added to the exhibit.


The Roost at Boxerwood

Come by Boxerwood to check out the new replacement for the Ed Tent that had been located next to our Founders Wing at the end of the Munger Lodge. This new structure, starting to be referred to as "The Roost" by staff members, was built with volunteer labor and donated materials to blend with existing buildings at Boxerwood.

This will provide a more suitable and safe shelter on those days of rain and bright sun.


Volunteers Working during the early stages of construction
Their finished project ready to great Boxerwood students and visitors

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Authors At Boxerwood

On April 23rd author Claire Arbogast will be at Boxerwood along with fellow author Daniel Pezzoni to discuss their recent publications and their connections to Boxerwood.


Touching Memoir Reflects on the Nature of Human Life
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Claire and Jim were friends, lovers, and sometimes enemies for 27 years. In order to   get health insurance, they finally married, calling their anniversary the “It 


Means Absolutely Nothing” day. Then Jim was diagnosed with cancer. With ever-decreasing odds of survival, punctuated by arcs of false hope, Jim's deteriorating health altered their well-established independence as they became caregiver and patient, sharing intimacy as close as their own breaths.
A year and a half into their marriage, Jim died from lung/brain cancer. Sustained by good dogs and gardening through the two years of madness that followed, Claire soldiered through home repairs, career disaster, genealogy quests, and “dating for seniors” trying to build a better life on the debris of her old
one. Leave the Dogs at Home maps and plays with the stages of grief. Delightfully confessional, it challenges persistent, yet outdated, societal norms about relationships, and finds relief in whimsy, pop culture, and renewed spirituality.
“Arbogast delivers a raw and honest narrative of her life as a lover, a widow, and a woman,” writes Library Journal. “The theme of death and life, both literally and figuratively, are navigated with such emotion, it seems natural to empathize with the author in sadness, joy, love, and uncertainty as her longtime companion (later husband) Jim combats cancer. . . An excellent choice for those touched by grief, ready for a change, or just wanting to read a beautifully written memoir.”
Claire Arbogast is a graduate of Indiana University. She gardens, walks with dogs, and writes in Bloomington, Indiana. Her website is www.ClaireArbogast.com.





Book Information—Leave the Dogs at Home: A Memoir
By Claire S. Arbogast 238 pages, 5.25 x 8
Paper ISBN 978-0-253-01719-2 $17.00 eBook ISBN 978-0-253-01721-5 $16.99
Publication Date: August 1, 2015




Podcast with Claire Arbogast


For review copies & interview requests contact: Mandy Hussey, mlclarke@indiana.edu, 812-855-4522