Living With Weather

Living With Weather

Despite the media hype last week about the Big Blizzard, we had only five inches of snow in southern Vermont. But this week, in the ordinary course of winter events, we had a foot of new snow. Whether it was because this snowfall didn’t threaten the major metropolitan...

Blogging With Photos

These last few months have been an education in blogging with photos, starting with learning about the fair use of others’ images, sourcing free photos, and now taking my own photos and posting them on Living In Place and The Middle Ages. Wordpress makes uploading...
A Baby Boomer Grows Up

A Baby Boomer Grows Up

The Middle Ages in Europe, beginning with the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire and followed by the invasion of the barbarians, are generally divided into three periods: Early, High and Late. My Middle Ages are progressing in reverse, beginning with the departure of...
January in Vermont

January in Vermont

It’s January in Vermont. My retired neighbors have driven south for the discomforts of perpetual summer, while my more affluent contemporaries are packing for their Caribbean vacations. I’ll miss their companionship, but I won’t miss their complaints, and if they...