Living In Place
Town Meeting
Yesterday was Town Meeting in Vermont, one of the few remaining expressions of direct democracy left in the world.Town Meeting takes place on the first Tuesday in March. In my...
Typing & Kissing
The two most important skills I learned in high school were typing and kissing.Considering I was on the fast track for college and not secretarial school, I’m slightly astonished...
Writing Rituals
Over the years I’ve developed writing rituals that help me face the blank page, like getting to my desk early in the morning, before my editor’s awake. It would seem as if my...
Vermonter By Choice: Murphy Robinson
One of the things Vermonter By Choice Murphy Robinson likes about her adoptive state is how Vermont’s Constitution grants its citizens “liberty in seasonable times, to hunt and...
In My Life
As in the old Beatles’ song, there are places I remember all my life, and last weekend I had a chance to revisit one: Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. It’s where my grandparents lived,...
Stories and Restorative Justice
The story is at the center of the Restorative Justice process, and as a volunteer for the Brattleboro Restorative Justice Center, I’ve listened to a lot of stories. These are...