Stephanie J. AndersenNov 1, 202011 min readON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET: WHAT I LEARNED FROM A REPUBLICAN WHO VOTED FOR BIDENI have often felt like I may live on the wrong street, in the wrong community, and perhaps that is never more obvious than during...
Stephanie J. AndersenSep 9, 20202 min readNot the Same Walk: A PoemThis week's post is by Reading poet Mike Schiffman. Mike Schiffman was born in Reading, graduated from Mt. Penn High School and went on...
Stephanie J. AndersenSep 9, 20203 min readThe Yellow Brick Road: Join Us on This Journey​I decided, when I was very young, that I wanted to be a writer. I didn’t know exactly what it would take to do it or even, necessarily,...
Stephanie J. AndersenSep 9, 20203 min read5 Ways You Can Fight Climate Change. Right away.The heated debate on climate change ends now. Though many people have misconceptions about the relationship between weather and  climate...
Stephanie J. AndersenSep 9, 20203 min readWillow Run: A Pennsylvania Farm Chooses SustainabilityBy Reading for 100 Blogger, Raffaela Gualtieri, a student at RACC who plans to study neuroscience. She serves on RACC's Sustainability...
Stephanie J. AndersenSep 9, 20203 min readJ. Nolan in Fleetwood: A Small Business Chooses Sustainability​By: Raffaela Gualtieri, Reading for 100 Blogger and RACC student who plans to study neuroscience.  ​ Many local businesses have...
Stephanie J. AndersenAug 18, 20205 min readWhy I Decided Not to Cut Down the Mulberry Tree Growing in My FenceThis summer, a mulberry tree took life in my backyard, so quickly that it seemed that one week there was nothing and the next week there...
Stephanie J. AndersenAug 10, 20202 min readWhen the Creek Becomes a RiverThe creek went places it’s not been in 25 years. It crossed lines, interrupted borders and walls and blurred the places where we think divid