Moving By Muscle

by | Sep 7, 2022 | Living in Place

Riding the rail trails is one of the ways I enjoy moving by muscle. Moving by muscle is what I do for recreation and exercise: hiking through the woods, rowing on the river, and biking on the rail trails. There’s only foot traffic on hiking trails, few motorboats are...

Riding the Rail Trails

by | Aug 31, 2022 | Living in Place

I’ve been riding the rail trails: biking on old railroad beds that have been repurposed for non-motorized recreational use. I used to ride my bicycle on the roads. When I was sixteen, I biked from southwestern Connecticut to southeastern Vermont. The way I remember...

Ruth Shafer: The Artist I’ve Raised

by | Jul 19, 2022 | Living in Place

I didn’t know I was raising an artist when my youngest was a child. Her show, The Weight, opens at the Southern Vermont Arts Center with a reception this Friday, July 22, 2022 from 5-7 and will be on view until September 11, 2022. On display will be Girl’sDress,...

Wendy Harrison for State Senate

by | Jul 13, 2022 | Living in Place

With 10 of Vermont’s 30 state senators stepping down—including both senators from Windham County— we need someone with experience in government to represent us in Montpelier. That would be Wendy Harrison. Wendy has experience. Since moving to Vermont full time in...

On the Wings of a Hummingbird

by | Jun 23, 2022 | Living in Place

A Novel by Susan Mills (Apprentice House, 2022) I just read On the Wings of a Hummingbird by my neighbor Susan Mills. This newly published novel tells the story of Petra, a fifteen-year old Guatemalan, raised with great spiritual strength that is tested by poverty and...

Beating the High Cost of Gas

by | Jun 15, 2022 | Living in Place

Riding the Train When I boarded the northbound train in Brattleboro on Friday, gas was approaching $5/gallon, and my ticket cost less than making the 300-mile round-trip in my Prius. When I returned home on Sunday, gas had hit the five-dollar mark. If I calculated the...