The poet Philip Levine died Saturday. Although I should have, I’d not known his work but since then have enjoyed reading some of it and listening to recordings of him…
I grew up in rural Central Michigan in the 1950s. The first person of color I remember seeing was a woman who operated the elevator in the downtown department store. Unless…
I ended up in the emergency room for Valentine’s Day—with a heart problem. Given my earlier history of having had a blockage, it was clear where I needed to be…
Living in a place with lots of winter, like Vermont, among many, I’ve learned different ways to measure both time and temperature. For example, we all know that if you still…
Several weeks of preparation culminated Friday at the Montpelier Alive Art Walk in two very successful and satisfying shows that included my photography. One was with my New Group of Seven…
As if we don’t have enough ice around here, now I’m going to post photographs I’ve made of ice cubes! No, I have not gone crazy yet. This was part…
It has been a cold and snowy month in Vermont. On three days in January the temperature climbed above freezing. On at least twelve days it dropped below 0F (-18C)…
We’ve had lovely snow these past several weeks and temperatures that have stayed below freezing—often below 0F!—so the snow has stayed nice. The big storm yesterday ended up bringing us…
One day last week daybreak arrived—as it has often in the past month—at below zero. Shortly thereafter a bank of very moist air arrived, perfect conditions for hoarfrost to form.…
I find today a good day to remember both how much has changed and how much more remains to be done until we are “free at last!” Perhaps we can find…
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