Archive for November, 2007

Me and My Bear

Me and My Bear

Deer season is closing and unfortunately bear season is upon us. When we first moved up here we were warned to tag our dog Eloise. She is a big Bernese Mountain dog and from the…

Bears, and Bats, and Cows, OH MY

Bears, and Bats, and Cows, OH MY

When a person first moves from the city to the country, no matter how long the dream has been conjured, there is still a certain amount of transition shock. This goes both ways of course….

Thankful

Thankful

It is November and in November it rains a lot and snows a little in Vermont. It rains quite a lot actually. And the wind blows. All of that snow we get over the next…

Smokey Joe

Smokey Joe

I am not an organized person. I am someone who loses her keys. I am one of those people who has to call her phone to find it. And I am the kind who might…

Here’s How it Happened

Here’s How it Happened

I married a man who was steady, responsible and solid. He loves with a quiet loyalty and patience that humbles. That same man married an almost unstable woman whose emotional viability fluctuates a bit over…

Cliffy

Cliffy

Cliffy was a carpenter whom I’d found at the local hardware store. I’d taken to hanging out there in hopes of finding someone who could fix our doors so that they opened when one was…

Not Much of a Jesus Guy

Not Much of a Jesus Guy

Right after we moved here we visited the local church. Pretty much all the whole town had was a country store, (which we were destined to ruin), a church, a post office, and a couple…