Living In Place
Is the Ski Industry Really Good for Vermont?
While walking in my shirtsleeves in the balmy 58-degree sunshine on Sunday, I started to wonder if the ski industry is really good for Vermont. I’ve lost my enthusiasm for...
Reducing My Carbon Footprint in 2019
Last year I tried reducing my carbon footprint by driving less and eating less-traveled food. So how did I do? I DROVE LESS We drove the truck less. It has zero emissions when...
“Writing to the Light” Welcomes Back the Sun
Third Annual Writing to the Event Writing Circle December Doldrums I used to regularly stall in the December Doldrums, when moving my pen across the page felt like trudging...
Shopping Locally
Avoiding Amazon As much as possible, I shop locally – while I still can. But when the machine on which we rely for our daily bread recently came to the end of its life, I shopped...
Ideas for a Green Christmas
I’m dreaming of a green Christmas, one where instead of discarding 38,000 miles of ribbon - enough to tie a bow around the equator – Americans consider the environmental impact...
Conserving Vermont Land
“There are a lot of trees,” was the understated observation of a young Canadian farmer I met while hiking Vermont’s Long Trail in 2016. No kidding. VERMONT: A LAND COVERED IN...