My friend Mary and I took a mini road trip on Saturday to Yellow Springs, Ohio. We had figured that gas prices had dropped and the fall colors were around their peak, so a road trip was in order. Plus Yellow Springs is a delightfully cute town, and this weekend several artists had open houses to their studios.
We drove through Antioch College's grounds, which are sadly empty at the moment. (The above polaroid is from the school's fire station.) I hope that the school can come back, or at least something new and positive can take over the campus. It seemed wrong to see a campus in fall with no students lolling about.
We enjoyed wandering around the town and visiting with different artists and shops. All in all, our trip was a success.
The color of the sky and the light is just so reminiscent of FALL. Beautiful polas, Claire.
NPR had a segment on Antioch when the board decided that it wouldn't reopen this year. Not surprisingly, perhaps, the demographic of old, hippy, NPR listeners contained several alums who called into a hotline to reminisce about the good days there.
I know several people who went to Antioch in recent years and said that it was a pretty miserable place by the end of its run. No computers, few classes. A sad place to be 20.
Posted by: Natasha | October 21, 2008 at 11:31 AM