Archive for February, 2008

Winter Redux

Winter Redux

Vermont got another foot of snow. And I had actually written the words spring cleaning the week before.. Pure folly. March typically gets as much snow as January does up here. This was sort of…

The Response

The Response

Yes, well, okay it’s true, they have boots and gadgets, and we might just have few bags or pairs of shoes. But once you move to Vermont you can’t wear them anymore anyway. For one…

It’s All in the Boots

It’s All in the Boots

Something happens to men when they move from the city to the country. They start wanting things. They get rain jackets for fly fishing that would get them through a monsoon. Then they collect an…

It’s All in the Boots

It’s All in the Boots

Something happens to men when they move from the city to the country. They start wanting things. They get rain jackets for fly fishing that would get them through a monsoon. Then they collect an…

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

When did they invent the wind chill factor? When it’s zero outside, it’s cold. And when the Internet says that there is a wind chill factor of-50 it’s still cold. But we already knew that….

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

When did they invent the wind chill factor? When it’s zero outside, it’s cold. And when the Internet says that there is a wind chill factor of-50 it’s still cold. But we already knew that….

More Than One Way

More Than One Way

I live in the country but must travel back to the cities to make a living. I have come to enjoy the juxtaposition of city anonymity to the close intimacy of my village life. When…