Post-peak fall is glorious! Perhaps it is because I know what’s coming next or that there are just fewer foliage spectacles to appreciate. Whatever the reason, I love this time…
I continue to be just stunned by the powerful shift that comes from walking Nicole Grubman’s “loop roads”—see her book I Left my Sole in Vermont—both because of the “speed,”…
When leaves drop, revealing the “bones” of the trees, I feel like old friends have returned for a visit. I won’t tire of seeing them all winter long, against the…
Who could imagine the peelings of the Red Kuri squash I bought last week at our Farmers’ Market might be considered a work of abstract art?! Though it might not…
I walk or hike most weeks with my two dear friends, Rob and Michael, wherever the spirit takes us. Lately, due to my sore ankle, we’ve walked back roads. Recently…
Another view of yesterday’s Full Hunter Moon from the Sparrow Farm on North Street setting over the Green Mountains. It is, perhaps, a bit of a cliché photograph but then…
This morning, up North Street at Sparrow Farm, the moon setting just north of Camel’s Hump. One of many reasons I’m thankful to live here in Vermont!
This has been one of the finest shows of Fall colors I can remember in the 36 years we’ve lived in Vermont. I’ve enjoyed a number of back road walks…
With less light and cooler temperatures the Fall garden has slowed down. The colors are not what they are in the summer but are still gorgeous and, honestly, maybe more…
What a joy to be standing in the shallow water of a little stream, surrounded by the sounds of the water and the light, the smooth, almost solid surface of…
Still Learning To See 