Living In Place
Moving By Muscle
The brain is a muscle. As soon as I started pedaling my bicycle, I heard my inner voice rise, as if moving by muscle had loosened new ideas for the novel I’d shoved aside...
Telling Stories
How Long Does It Take to Write a Book? When my dad was ninety-one, he asked me, “How long does it take to write a book?” I told him, “Your whole life.” I wasn’t wrong, but the...
Another Year, Another Almanac
Vermont Almanac, Volume 5, is now available. Vermont Almanac, Volume V, is now available in bookstores around the state and directly from For...
8th Annual Writing to the Light
MOORE FREE LIBRARY Writing Circle to Benefit Moore Free Library Writing to the Light Writing Circle #8 The eighth annual Writing to the Light Writing Circle led by writer and...
The Project, Part 8: Finished!
We didn’t even wait for the roof before we baked pizza--twice. The first firing turned into a make-a-pizza party: seven people, eight pizzas. They were more amoeba-shaped than...
The Project, Part 7: Race to the Finish
It’s now a race to finish laying the bricks and get the roof on the outdoor bake oven before the weather turns. Fortunately, we’ve been blessed with exquisite fall weather,...