A couple of people helped me remember how this old world can work, actually does most of the time. My neice, Emily, sang a song she wrote about how the…
It is all to easy to describe our world as “crazy” when, in fact, most of it—at least the non-human part—is much better described as fascinating or even miraculous. When…
The weather has been pretty much perfect here in Vermont this Spring and Summer for a gorgeous garden. I hope you can take a few minutes and enjoy it as…
What happens to me when I step off the river bank and into the water is more than just getting my feet wet. Suddenly I’m in a world that is…
Here in Vermont we began the day with high winds and snow—whiteout blizzard conditions. It felt a lot like the news of the day. Until the beginning of the year…
When we were growing up, my brother and I shared a bedroom, and on nights when we couldn’t leave the excitement of the day behind—and most of our days then…
Who needs all this misery and pain? Having just spent a month with covid, I certainly don’t. But I know rolling over and going back to sleep, while it did…
This has been a week seemingly of change unlike anything we’ve seen, perhaps ever. And it is important to remember that even in the horror of these many unknown changes,…
This race for the presidency has reached a point where I need to be very clear with friends and family and any who reads this. What happened on Sunday night…
Here in Vermont the inevitable annual changes in our natural world are well underway. The sun, of course, drives them all with less solar energy reaching us due to shorter…
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