The Old Forge Library will host an Open Mic Night for writers in a coffee house setting on Wednesday, February 19 at 7 p.m. with local author Anne Phinney serving as featured reader and emcee.
Anne Phinney
Phinney is a Town of Webb School elementary teacher who recently released her first book, Finding My Way to Moose River Farm: Living with Animals in the Adirondacks.
Anne Phinney, a fifth grade teacher at the Town of Webb School, has published her first book, Finding My Way to Moose River Farm: Living with Animals in the Adirondacks.
The book is a compilation of tales of the true-life experiences of living with a menagerie at her farm in the Rondaxe area of Old Forge.
Anne and her husband Rod share Moose River Farm with miniature donkeys Bing and Frankie; goats Lily, Liam and Lacy; four small dogs named Nina, Niles, Hayden, and Huxley; and housepet Fiona, a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.
Anne Phinney and Rosemary
Also in the mix is former classroom pet Rosemary, a three-foot-long iguana that lost her tail when grabbed as she slipped behind a filing cabinet.
Hoofbeats in the Adirondacks” was held Thursday afternoon, July 7th, under a perfect blue sky at Moose River Farm in Old Forge.
A variety of equestrian performances set to moving music transformed the training facility into a sunlit theater.
A crowd of over 200 spectators was treated to a variety of horse-themed acts that included a military-style Quadrille, a Friesian Duet and a unique combination of choreography between a horse, rider and dancer. Continue reading