One of the worst things about living anywhere is needing urgent medical care; one of the best things about Living in Place is receiving that care at Grace Cottage Hospital. Last Saturday, I twisted my ankle at mile four of a twelve-mile hike and refused to allow a little pain interfere with a walk in […]
Working in Place
I didn’t set out to be a freelancer, but Working In Place developed from Living In Place. I intended to teach literature at a rural, liberal arts college during the school year and write fiction during the summer. Marriage and motherhood were not part of the picture, but plans change. Two weeks after defending my dissertation […]
Cucumbers, My Vegetable Love
It’s clear Andrew Marvell never grew cucumbers in Vermont: the 17th-century metaphysical poet wrote, My vegetable love should grow/Vaster than empires and more slow.* We hedged our bets with the cucumbers last spring by planting extra seeds on account of the cold. They germinated better than expected, and I was too softhearted to thin them properly. […]
The Myth of the Empty Nest
Last year, my dad downsized from an independent two-bedroom apartment to an assisted two-room suite. This move involved shedding a great deal of Stuff: ancient mattresses went straight to the dump, clothes to a charity thrift store, and books to the library sale. The furniture, artwork and bric-a-brac presented a more difficult challenge, especially when […]
Summer, so brief.
Vermont in the summer: this season that’s so sweaty and so brief. We’re now in the thick of it: steamy days so humid you could squeeze water out of the air if only the weather didn’t drain all the gumption to do anything right out of you. Nevertheless, there’s so much to be done. The […]
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