CORN MOON, SUSQUEHANNA FLOOD PLAIN, FARMHOUSE

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CORN MOON, SUSQUEHANNA FLOOD PLAIN, FARMHOUSE

In September, 1998 at 3 am an abandoned brick farmhouse is lit by an extended exposure by the full moon. To the left is the Susquehanna River. The house sits squarely on the flood plain which has increased flooding, and that was in 1998.

“Susquehanna, an Indigenous name of uncertain exact meaning, is commonly translated as ‘people at the falls’ or ‘roily water people.’” That doesn’t mean much except no one really knows since it was most likely named at least 12,000 years ago, and Indians were not known for their documentation than adding the fact that they were wiped out and forced off the land with not much time to discuss things, then it’s understandable.