with empowering yet honest clarity

A magickal gift idea

It's a germ’s world

―and the fear of never finding a safe place to grow up

With soft brushwork on rustling silk paper

Above the Oxbow: Stories Entangled with a Mountain Kathryn Ormsbee with empowering yet honest clarityAbove the Oxbow is a journey through the tangle of rich narratives surrounding Mount Holyoke, a locally cherished mountain in Western Massachusetts. It explores how visitors have forged connections with the mountain through various activities over the past two centuries. In an accessible blend of storytelling and scholarly analysis, Danielle Raad shows the significance of the landscape, historic sites, and material culture, revealing how cultural