Living In Place

It’s Giving Tuesday, a day to donate to good causes. Top of my list is supporting writers and readers. If this sounds self-serving, it’s because it is. Democracy & Literacy...

One of the unintended consequences of the pandemic has been to welcome writers from far away to the Rosefire Writing Circle, a place for writers of all ages and abilities to...

One of the unintended consequences of the pandemic has been to welcome writers from far away to the Rosefire Writing Circle, a place for writers of all ages and abilities to...

            I was recently the recipient of a random act of kindness, and I want to thank the stranger who helped me.             I’d driven to the grocery store during my lunch...

Two Natural Disasters, Ten Years Apart             This month marks ten years since Irene swept through Newfane, washing away roads, bridges and homes, downing power and phone...

About the same time the governor lifted Vermont's mask ordinance, my day-old chicks arrived in the mail.          As to be expected, when I opened the box there had been a...