Nature as a Foreign Land Like many suburban-raised kids, I grew up as if Nature was a foreign land. Except for a small patch of front lawn, which we were supposed to stay off, and a scrappy backyard where we had a sandbox and jungle gym, “outside” was mostly paved. We played running bases on […]

I’ve been riding the rail trails: biking on old railroad beds that have been repurposed for non-motorized recreational use. I used to ride my bicycle on the roads. When I was sixteen, I biked from southwestern Connecticut to southeastern Vermont. The way I remember it, back then there was less traffic, less speeding and less […]

I didn’t know I was raising an artist when my youngest was a child. Her show, The Weight, opens at the Southern Vermont Arts Center with a reception this Friday, July 22, 2022 from 5-7 and will be on view until September 11, 2022. On display will be Girl’sDress, which Ruth describes is an “effort […]

With 10 of Vermont’s 30 state senators stepping down—including both senators from Windham County— we need someone with experience in government to represent us in Montpelier. That would be Wendy Harrison. Wendy has experience. Since moving to Vermont full time in 2015, Wendy’s had firsthand experience as a municipal manager and/or administrator in the small […]