Living In Place
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...
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...
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,...
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...
A Cure for Marketing and Its Discontents
It’s now a month since I launched my redesigned website, started blogging, re-branded my author page on Facebook, updated my LinkedIn profile and joined Twitter. I wish I could...
My Year of the Dog
2014 was my year of the dog. We’d lost Bonnie, our canine companion, in August of 2013, and adopted Leo in January of 2014. During the five months we were without a dog, we also...