• Announcing: Design-a-Wall Contest 2017

    Announcing: Design-a-Wall Contest 2017

    By The Beacon Editorial Staff Good fences make good neighbors, as Robert Frost so wisely said. Building walls, a logical extension of that principle, is a positive duty of friendship among nations. The ancient Chinese knew this; so did Hadrian. We owe Mexico a nice, solid wall, 18 to 30 feet high, precisely as the… Read more

  • Hello World, Meet Jess

    By Jessica Spoto I don’t feel “good.” I don’t ever think I felt “good.” Nights are the worst. Alone, in my apartment, crying, feeling worthless. Just contemplating the day and what I did wrong. I didn’t do anything wrong, but my mind goes to such a dark place that all I can think of is… Read more

  • What If…

    By Lloyd Metcalf “What if” is a powerful statement and question. What if you won the lottery tomorrow? We all ask ourselves this question and daydream about the things we would do if we won a lottery. Let’s take this “what if” a little further. What if you won a HUGE lottery? What about fifty… Read more

  • The Importance of Having an Open Mind

    By Cat Davis I tried to explain to a friend recently my view that we are all fishes in the ocean with our own secluded bubble that is our home. That secluded bubble shields us from anything in the open sea. I said that the more you leave your bubble the more experiences you have,… Read more

  • Feast of the Lycanthrope

    by Rebecca Dow Vibrant eye of heaven’s shade Silent calls from lofty high; Where go tawny fawn this night? Who paints birch so deeply wine? Limping, back arched in her way Accursed innocence doth cry, Banished from her house and name This trance is death, and young must die. Little children, quick to bed, Lest… Read more

  • Poetic License!

    By Rebecca Dow Bonjour, my literary nerdlets! Following the “spooky” theme foretold in The Beacon’s last issue, I have for you a very special poem by Edgar Allan Poe titled “Spirits of the Dead” (originally titled “Visits of the Dead”). Published in 1827, and again in 1829, the poem follows the dialogue of a dead… Read more