AeroPress Woes

My kids introduced me to the smooth brew of coffee made in an AeroPress, so I bought one. It’s a simple device consisting of three inscrutable pieces of plastic that defy both intuition and logic. To use it, I googled, How to brew coffee in an AeroPress? In just six...

When Words Fail to Come

What to do when words fail to come? It happens sometimes. Yesterday morning, in fact. I had a post due on Living In Place, and I didn’t have anything to say. Worse, my brain was foggy, possibly due to the antihistamine I succumbed to the night before. Or maybe it’s my...

Summer Solstice

On this Summer Solstice, I’ve dug into my archives for Hum Time, an essay that appeared in July/August issue of Vermont Magazine in 1992, when the world was young and green.  HUM TIME Hail the Summer Solstice! It’s the longest day of the year, the...