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…
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…
Two women, in particular, shaped my life as I grew up. My mother and a good family friend, Norma, helped me see what was important both in life and in…
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…
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…
Imagine if money were not a problem. We could get the essentials attended to that many of our communities are seeing left undone. Here in Montpelier, like many parts of…
Of the many inspiring words that came out of DNC, these—gracious and powerful—from Michelle Obama when she reminded and challenged us are near the top of the list to guide…
The nearly full month since my last post has come and gone, first with travels and visits with family and then with a week of late nights absorbing the truly…
I woke this morning wondering what Elon Musk dreamt last night. Then I found myself thinking about other, similar people—Murdoch, Trump, Bezos—people who have immense impact on millions and on…
I was born in 1948 into a wonderful family and into a world that was already a mess, one that was soon to become even more so. Yes, the horrors…
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