I’ve not watched TV news for years but even my daily reading of several newspapers make it clear the world continues to overflow with self-destructive turmoil, leaving many with lives…
It is HOT this week in much of the world, even across much of the United States and, yes, even in the Green Mountains where winter cross-country skiing is just…
The capital city of Vermont, Montpelier, or as it is sometimes affectionally called “Montpeculiar,” celebrates Independence Day on July 3rd so we don’t compete with the many other nearby towns…
We’ve enjoyed being together with family this week here in a gorgeous Vermont summer. Daily dips in a pond—shared with a family of loons—are a time I am able to…
Today I am celebrating our blue and green world—swirled in water! Each of us sees the world differently, some only slightly, others very differently. I have a good friend, as…
If I am honest, I must confess to occasionally casting an envious eye on those neatly planned and well mulched gardens. Sissinghurst comes to mind! Continuing my honest comments, however,…
I’ve heard a few grumbles lately, understandably so, about how hot is has been. Vermont so seldom gets in the high-80s or 90s but that is exactly where the thermometer…
There was way too much news this morning and none of it pleasant to read. If we reported what is happening in the non-human world, the Sunday Times would be…
I take the liberty of reprinting a lovely poem from Ted Kooser, fresh this morning: Full Moon, March 2020 The moon was in self-isolation, too, and wearing a white mask…
Friends from around the world, clearly things are changing very rapidly with many unknowns and lots of fears. One thing I know can always be healthy is a walk, especially…
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