Beating the High Cost of Gas

by | Jun 15, 2022 | Living in Place

Riding the Train When I boarded the northbound train in Brattleboro on Friday, gas was approaching $5/gallon, and my ticket cost less than making the 300-mile round-trip in my Prius. When I returned home on Sunday, gas had hit the five-dollar mark. If I calculated the...

Ephemerals & Memory

by | May 10, 2022 | Living in Place

Ephemerals Wood anemone. www.instagram.com/kindlinda On May Day, Tim and I searched for ephemerals along the banks of the Rock River. An ephemeral is a plant that grows and dies within a few days.             I’d seen the mottled leaves of trout lilies spearing...

This is the Way the Pandemic Ends

by | Mar 30, 2022 | Living in Place

It’s just as T. S. Eliot says in his 1925 poem, The Hollow Men, “This is the way the world ends/Not with a bang but a whimper.” And so it is with the COVID-19 pandemic. The newest variant—BA.2—seems to be more transmissible than previous ones, and even less virulent....

For Ukraine, For All of Us

by | Mar 2, 2022 | Living in Place

This post is dedicated to the Ukrainians fighting for their country’s sovereignty, and for all of us who still have the right to vote and self-determination. Overcoming Despair of Despotism “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love...

River Valentine

by | Feb 14, 2022 | Living in Place

The Connecticut River New Hampshire and New York both claimed the Abenaki territory that is now called Vermont, a dispute that led to land disputes between the European settlers living here. Some thought they owned land in New York, others in New Hampshire. This...