Jane Brox

Merrimac River Changes

August 14, 2013

Along the banks of the Merrimac River north of Boston, old mills have been converted into apartments, office space and museums. They still symbolize the past industrial glory of the area. But now a new power plant is slated to go in and commentator Jane Brox worries that the new industry will become obsolete before […]

Another Casualty of the Global Economy – Apples???

August 14, 2013

Dracut Water War

August 14, 2013

A Different Cider

August 14, 2013

The Pruner

August 14, 2013

Jane’s Place: The Old Mail Road

August 14, 2013

Writer and Living On Earth commentator Jane Brox muses on a place with special meaning for her. A walk on the old mail road is produced by Sandy Tolan.

Farm in Fall: Autumn Reminiscences

August 14, 2013

Author Jane Brox’s fifth essay in a series on the seasons at her family farm in Dracut, Massachusetts brings the year full cycle to the autumn apple harvest and the anniversary of her father’s death.

Early Land

August 14, 2013

Writer Jane Brox begins another growing season on her family’s Massachusetts farm ? but this year without her Dad.

A Farm in Winter

August 14, 2013

Author Jane Brox takes us on a tour of her family farm in Dracut, Massachusetts. Brox’s 85 year old father John Brox also figures into this prosaic passage through a farm in its wintry decline. Mr. Brox passed away the week before this story aired.