Practicing Personal Cyber Security

If the US elections can be hacked, so can your data. Are you protected? I took my concerns and my computer to Steve West at Fearless Computing to see what I could do to keep my data safe. MAC v. PC “You’re already using a Mac,” Steve said, “which puts you way ahead of...
Affirmations, Not Resolutions

Affirmations, Not Resolutions

Affirmations, Not Resolutions I used to celebrate New Year’s Eve in the accepted and conventional manner: I’d stay up till midnight, fortify my resolve with champagne, and vow to live cleaner, work harder, and sustain a calm, orderly, life. I’d make...
Bucking the Usual Christmas Traditions

Bucking the Usual Christmas Traditions

We bucked all our Christmas traditions this year. With none of our adult children at home and still reeling from the election, there didn’t seem any point in decorating a tree, baking cookies, or preparing a Christmas Day feast. So we didn’t. We hiked Stratton...
Recipes for the Food We Carried

Recipes for the Food We Carried

As promised, here are recipes for the food we carried on the Long Trail. GENERAL INFORMATION I purchased most of the ingredients for these recipes from the Brattleboro Food Coop, which runs a fabulous bulk department of grains, legumes, nuts, dried fruits, seeds and...
Snow in December!

Snow in December!

Snow in December! To have both sunshine and snow in December is a gift. On Monday, I woke to the town plow rumbling down my road: A few inches had fallen, and it was still coming down. This was a tremendous gift after last winter’s dearth of snow and this past...