How is it that until this year, I didn’t know about Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day the news of the Emancipation Proclamation made it to Texas, then a remote outpost? How is it that until this year, I didn’t know that Juneteenth has been a state holiday in Vermont since 2008? How is it […]
Living in Place
One of the Ways Hunting Has Changed Me
One of the ways hunting has changed me, is now I can’t stay out of the woods. Before I started hunting, I mostly walked on dirt roads. When I did go into the woods, it was always along a trail, and rarely alone. That’s what has changed. I head for the woods. Now, even when […]
Birds & Bees Show Me Signs of Spring
While hanging laundry on Sunday, I watched a house wren furnishing her nest in a birdhouse hanging nearby. Last year, we had a house wren inhabit the same birdhouse, which then hung at one end of the clothesline. The wren emerged every time I came out to hang or unpin the laundry. She’d fly to […]
Resilience Through Laughter
There’s nothing funny about Covid-19, which is why a little levity is in order. And who better to provide it than the folks who bring resilience through laughter to those who need it most even when there isn’t a coronavirus circling the globe? Feel Like Throwing A Pie in Someone’s Face? Clowns Without Borders (CWB) […]
Staying Home, Clearing Brush and Culling Books
Stay Home – Stay Safe We’re spending the pandemic clearing brush from the edges of the fields and culling books from our library shelves. Both tasks have been on our To Do list for years, and neither has ever been done as comprehensively as now. It’s just never been so easy to allocate this much […]
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