Candidate for Brattleboro Selectboard Brattleboro residents have a chance to bring a fresh perspective to the Select board by electing Ian Goodnow, a young, committed, energetic and thoughtful member of the community. #lovebrattleborovt Ian fell in love with Brattleboro before #lovebrattleboro was a hashtag, and he fell in love with my daughter Ruth ten years […]
Living in Place
Is the Ski Industry Really Good for Vermont?
While walking in my shirtsleeves in the balmy 58-degree sunshine on Sunday, I started to wonder if the ski industry is really good for Vermont. I’ve lost my enthusiasm for downhill skiing over the years, developing not just a dislike for the ungainly equipment and prohibitively expensive lift tickets, but also for the industry’s ginormous […]
Reducing My Carbon Footprint in 2019
Last year I tried reducing my carbon footprint by driving less and eating less-traveled food. So how did I do? I DROVE LESS I only drove 615 miles fewer miles in the car in 2019 than 2018, but that’s mostly because Tim and I worked together to reduce our overall household carbon emissions by driving […]
“Writing to the Light” Welcomes Back the Sun
Third Annual Writing to the Event Writing Circle December Doldrums I used to regularly stall in the December Doldrums, when moving my pen across the page felt like trudging through wet, ankle deep, slush. As the calendar winds down and the northern hemisphere tilts away from the sun, my thoughts can turn as dark as […]
Shopping Locally
Avoiding Amazon As much as possible, I shop locally – while I still can. But when the machine on which we rely for our daily bread recently came to the end of its life, I shopped online for a replacement. None were available from the manufacturers, and every big box store that listed it on […]
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