With no snow on the ground, we decided on a Christmas Day hike up Black Mountain. It’s a short, five-and-a-half mile loop to 1,250 feet just six miles from home, and in all these years, we’d never hiked it. We’d always opted for higher mountains further from home with Leo, the dog. One of the […]
Into the Light Again
On Friday, the first day after the winter solstice, the sun was in the sky for one second longer than the day before. Saturday, the sky pressed down as the earth strained to tilt, groaning to change direction. Gravity tugged at my blood. I dragged myself around the field with the dog. Indoors, I was […]
Vermont Almanac IV is Out!
Vermont Almanac: Stories From & For the Land, Volume IV, contains another wonderful collection of stories, information, artwork, recipes, odd corners of Vermont history, and a chronicle of last year’s weather. With fifty-nine contributing writers, the book sings in different voices, includes poems, essays, information about Vermont wild’s flora and fauna, and all the […]
You Can’t Get A Deer If You’re Not in the Woods
My hunting mentor says, “You can’t get a deer if you’re not in the woods” so often that I now say it to myself as I head out before dawn, even on those mornings when I’d rather walk to my word shop, where there’s a wood stove. “But you can’t get a deer if you’re […]
Post Peak
The Beauty That Follows “Peak Foliage” During the forty years I’ve been living in Vermont, I’ve developed an increasing dislike of Peak Foliage, when forecasters announce where and when the reds and yellows will be most spectacular. My problem is that Peak Foliage disregards the beauty that follows foliage season: the golden beech and burnished […]
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