Vacation: All I Ever Wanted
By Grace Grattan, Phase II Fellow Farming is hard work. Even in the cold early spring when the long, hot days of summer are still far...
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- Mar 21, 2019
Living in Staunton
By Freddy Carruth, Phase II Fellow So far, my time in Staunton has been split between work at my Phase II partner organization, Project...
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- Oct 26, 2018
A Bear Mountain Snow Day
By Ariel Duran, Phase I Fellow When I arrived at AMI, I worried that I might arrive to snow covering the mountain and that my little...
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- Sep 24, 2018
Milkweed Royalty
By Grace Grattan, Phase I Fellow Within the past week, the Lodge has become a temporary home to four new striped friends. It all started...
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- Sep 20, 2018
Seeing Things Through
By Elora Overbey, Phase II Fellow This time last year, fall had just arrived hot off the heels of a whirlwind summer, and we were a few...
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- Sep 13, 2018
Bright Spots
By Audrey Carter, Phase I Fellow If you’ve read the previous blog post, you know that we, the Phase I Fellows, spent a week together...
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- Sep 10, 2018
Fellowship Road Trip
By Julia Loman, Phase I Fellow For a full week in August, we came down from the mountain and hit the road, participating in workshops,...
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- Jul 17, 2018
Exploring Highland
By Freddy Carruth, Phase I Fellow I am very attuned to our Phase I weekly schedule, as I like to believe, are my fellow Fellows. It is...
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- Jun 29, 2018
Mountain Senses
By Grace Grattan, Phase I Fellow It’s officially summer! Even though the temperatures on the mountain are far cooler than any summer...
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- Jun 25, 2018
Two Questions
By Mary Ellen Garner, Phase II Fellow Two questions that I frequently get asked in and around town are, “How do you like living in...
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- Jun 19, 2018
Much Love for Mushrooms
By Nick Hodgson, Phase I Fellow One of the things that I looked forward to the most when coming to AMI was the weekly workshops. I was...
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- Jun 14, 2018
Seasoned Fellows
By Freddy Carruth, Phase I Fellow We are into our seventh week on “the mountain,” learning, working, and living together. Our schedules...
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- May 29, 2018
Springing into Spring
By Julia Loman, Phase I Fellow After weeks of waiting and watching, it seems that spring has finally come to the mountain! When we...
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- May 16, 2018
Tiny Miracles
By Ariel Duran, Phase I Fellow Still in the early days of Phase I of the Fellowship Program, I’ve already enjoyed so many great...
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- May 7, 2018
First Impressions
By Maggie McCormick, Phase I Fellow We just finished our second week at AMI, are adjusting to our new surroundings, and are beginning to...
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- Feb 6, 2018
Love Letter for the Apple Trees
By Elora Overbey, Phase II Fellow Sometimes if the morning is just right and the clouds are still sleeping, tucked into the inversions...
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- Oct 19, 2017
Finding Myself in the World
By Sophia Hutnik, Phase I Fellow Some of the most soothing and educational experiences that I’ve had throughout the Fellowship have...
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- Oct 4, 2017
Recent Role Models
By Maya Epelbaum, phase I Fellow One of my favorite parts of being at Allegheny Mountain Institute is the amazing people we meet and...
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- Sep 21, 2017
Seeing the Forest
By Stephen Rodriguez, Phase I Fellow Patches of yellow, red and orange have started to appear on the mountainside on what was before a...
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- Sep 14, 2017
To Fall in Love with A Mountain II
By Elora Overbey, Phase I Fellow The hardest part about falling in love with a mountain is figuring out how to take it with you. I once...
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