Living In Place

Death & Taxes was broadcast on the stations of Vermont Public Radio this morning. Listen here. When the poet T. S. Eliot wrote “April is the cruelest month,” I imagine he...

This time of year it’s common around here to hear people complain, “Oh, when will spring ever come?” There was a time when I could have been heard whining that same refrain. But...

The forecast was for high wind resulting in no power overnight, so we filled a kettle with water and ground coffee beans before we went to bed. I slept through the wind, but when...

Writing a Book is Like Riding a Roller Coaster. It’s been a long slog uphill as I’ve worked on a long piece of narrative non-fiction on and off for going on three years. The on...

In April 2018, I’ll be leaving my writing studio for several speaking engagements. POLITICS: 1964, a Watershed Year in Vermont Political (and Cultural) History. In 1964, the...