The Short Form

by | Jul 26, 2016 | Living in Place

For the past seven months, I’ve been writing, publishing, broadcasting and posting short form essays at a rate of more than two a week. This has been gratifying work, connecting with my various audiences who listen to my broadcasts, subscribe to my blogs, and read me...

Unpopular Republican Nominee

by | Jul 20, 2016 | Living in Place

Barry Goldwater was a controversial and unpopular Republican presidential nominee. When Goldwater ran for president in 1964, it was the first time Vermont didn’t support the Republican presidential candidate since 1856.From before the Civil War until after the Civil...

Vermont History

by | Jul 13, 2016 | Living in Place

I’ve researched Vermont History to write two novels. As a member of the Speaker’s Bureau for the Vermont Humanities Council, I give public lectures on what I’ve learned. In the next two weeks, I’ll be giving two different talks.Vermont Votes for a Democrat for the...

Starting and Stopping

by | Jul 12, 2016 | Living in Place

The more I write full time, the more I learn about how to get started and when to stop, knowledge that makes me more efficient in a job that often is not. STARTING I’m learning to start by writing a rough draft: Rough as in scrawled in a notebook or typed without...

Holiday Weekend

by | Jul 6, 2016 | Living in Place

One of the beauties of living in Vermont is already being at a holiday destination when a long weekend arrives. I don’t have to get in the car to drive several hours – unless I want to.Sometimes, I want to.Most often, “getting away” means going somewhere else in...

In Love In Vermont

by | Jun 30, 2016 | Living in Place

I fell in love with Vermont and I fell in love in Vermont, and it’s my great pleasure to share these loves with the friends and relatives who visit. This week, it was my two grandnieces and their entourage: mother, brother, aunt, uncle, and grandmother.I’m a great...