Cleaning the chicken house sounds sort of disgusting. And, okay, it is. But it is also deeply satisfying when you have a flock of friendly chickens who clamor for bits of your croissant on a…
TOWN MEETING DAY… posters reminded us that the Tuesday New England tradition was coming around again. These open meetings held at school houses and libraries all over the region are old style democracy in action….
When I was little Easter was a big deal. It had all the build up of Christmas, albeit without the marketing. First there was Lent. Your got that big party to kick it off and…
Back in Vermont just in time for a cold Easter Egg Hunt amid mud and muck. None of us wanted to leave the warmth of the seashore. Only this time we live in that beautiful…
It is unbearably bleak as winter lingers with scattered snowstorms followed by rain and ice. Mud season can’t really get going because it keeps freezing. The freezing rain, mixed with snow is the worst. It…
It’s almost here. The BIG DAY. Every spring and fall it comes. Rain or snow….(I know some of you southerners say rain or shine, but up here in the North Country we usually get the…
A few years ago our family went to the life store and picked a new one. We decided we wanted to live in Vermont. We had lived our whole lives in the Midwest. And they…
