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THE SELF-TAUGHT GARDENER: Sowing lessons for procrastinators

My method of seed sowing involves simply sprinkling seeds on the ground where they will grow and eventually flower. Much easier than elaborate indoor methods.

Virginia ‘Ginger’ Rawling, 91, of Liverpool, N.Y., formerly of South Egremont

She retired at the age of 85, having taught physical education and computer science at Southern Berkshire Regional School District, Salisbury Central School and Farmington River Elementary School.

PART I: W.E.B. Du Bois and his politics: A complicated and controversial legacy

Undoubtedly the greatest African-American intellectual in U.S. history and an activist who pioneered the modern civil rights movement and worked tirelessly for African peoples’ freedom throughout the world, Du Bois is long overdue for public recognition in Great Barrington and the nation. Yet like Banquo’s ghost, the controversy surrounding Du Bois — and particularly his political ideology and affiliation at the end of his life — will not go down.

Gale Hartel, 62, of Cumberland, Md., graduate of Monument Mountain Regional High School

A graduate of Monument Mountain Regional High School, she also graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Springfield Technical Community College.
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