Living In Place
Three Actions I’m Taking
Three Actions I Am Taking As promised, here’s more information about the three actions I’m taking to push back against the hard right turn of our national government that has...
Coordination and Subordination
Coordination and Subordination In graduate school, I had a professor who said, “The hardest word in the English language to use properly is the conjunction ‘and’,” and “The key...
Chop Wood, Carry Water
I’m grateful for a reader’s comment about Axes to Grind, reminding me that one way to cope with post-election anxiety is to “chop wood, carry water.” In fact, that’s what I’ve...
Axes to Grind
I have two axes to grind: a two-and-a-quarter-pound Boy’s Ax, and a Fiskars 28” Splitting Ax. Tim gave me the Boy’s Ax for Christmas in 1984, my first winter in Vermont. I was...
More to Say About Axes
More To Say About Axes Last week, I had Axes to Grind; this week, I have more to say about axes. Even though I’d been using an ax for decades, it wasn’t until a few years ago at...
On the Trail Again
Since finishing my end-to-end hike on September 8, 2016, I’ve been back on the trail three times. Each time, the trail’s both different and the same. It always feels good to be...