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A Visit to Mount Ida College

From the blog:No over-booked flight (thanks, Delta) or crazy spring weather was going to prevent me from making my usual spring pilgrimage to Massachusetts and last week was not the exception. I arrived to rain and temperatures in the mid-forties, but by the time I arrived in Newton to tour Mount Ida College’s campus, the sun had come out full force and temperatures were well on their way to the high sixties. With its close proximity to Boston, one might expect Mount Ida to have a city or even traditional suburban feel, but despite the golf course alongside the winding drive as you head for the main entrance, once you’re in the heart of the school, it feels like its own separate world. Well-maintained landscaping, lots of wooded spaces, and the close clustering of the majority of campus buildings give one a sense of security – a sense that lasts right up until the moment you feel eyes resting on you and turn around to find yourself face to face with one of the college’s infamous wild turkeys. (Some schools are known for having squirrel populations who are practically tame; at Mount Ida, it’s the turkeys who lack fear of humans – though it would be quite a stretch to refer to them as anything resembling tame!)  Read More