This time of year the phrase “turning over a new leaf” should maybe, instead, be “growing a new leaf.” When I slow down and just see my surroundings, the changes…
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…
As I sit inside at this keyboard the sun is warming me even with high winds and very low temperature outside. I know not all can feel this peace. Too…
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…
As we move toward colder times and snow here in Vermont, I, for one, am delighted to once again see the leaves down and the “bones” of the trees silhouetted…
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…
The winds came yesterday, not hurricane force, but clearly a change that comes with Fall weather here in Vermont—the trees, still mostly full of leaves, tracing it’s path. What doesn’t…
It can take only moments these days to find the peace of a good night’s sleep vaporized as the morning headlines scream at me from my screen. I’m not one…
Still Learning To See 