There are mornings at Shadowcliff where the mist rises, the clouds settle, and one can wake with the feeling of floating in the sky, resting on the clouds. As the day slowly churns to a start and the vapors begin to burn off, one realizes again that our little slice of heaven is indeed here […]
In his latest installment of the Laws of Nature, Robert J. Mann discusses the Law of Adaptation. Bob explains that when the habitat changes, you have just a few choices; migrate, become extinct or you can adapt. As humans, migration isn’t yet and viable option ( keep working on it Elon!) Luckily, we are some
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by Jay Liebenguth Anna Buck, this season’s chef at Shadowcliff, is originally from St. Paul Minnesota. She comes to us via New Orleans , Israel, and even Australia. To say that she moves around a bit doesn’t begin to tell the whole story. She was referred to Shadowcliff by her friend Hannah in 2015 but
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Ever wanted to take your whole family on a short hike to a waterfall, or stargazing or fly fishing? You can do all this and more when you sign up for Critters, Creeks, and Crows program for families and grandparents at Shadowcliff. Gail Spinden will again lead this year’s edition, with even more activities planned
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Thank you, volunteers! Do you have more pictures from this weekend? Send them to us and we’ll add them here!
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by Virginia Lore Shadowcliff is close to my heart. As a child, I traveled there with a group of people from my faith community (which included Bob & Judith and probably other Shadowcliff volunteers you may know). Different groups from our faith community (then called Ecumenikos) returned a couple of times as more and more
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by Jay Liebenguth John and Beth Hoffman and their family have been going up to Shadowcliff since 1975. They met Warren and Patt Rempel in Manhattan Kansas advertising the Grand Lake destination with a small ad in the local newspaper. They visited with Warren and Pat, looked at their photo album and fell in love
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by Bob Mann I believe nature has it right. About diversity, I mean. Nature really does not seem to like monocultures. One summer morning in 2004 we experienced the first signs of the pine beetle infestation at Shadowcliff. Granddaughter Carly and her Mom were visiting, and together with our staff, we used chisels and screwdrivers
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by Carl Sniffen May at Shadowcliff is truly a special time. It is a time of many things—an awakening, a renewal and a reunion. It is a time when on any given day it can be winter, spring or summer. Each May, a wonderfully special group of people return to reawaken Shadowcliff from its winter slumber,
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by Andy Wolfrum and Mariló Herrero Jiménez Sometimes you are guided to places and people who change the direction of your life. In 2002 – I was young, full of energy and ready to discover the world – I decided to come for the first time to the U.S. With a work visa in my
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