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Spring Reunion

Spring Reunion

We walked to the river in mud boots and in celebration. It was fifty degrees out, there were buds on the pussy willows, and spring had come back to the mountains just like we always…

Good Manners

Good Manners

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…

Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday

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…

Now What?

Now What?

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…

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…

We’re Not In Kansas Anymore

We’re Not In Kansas Anymore

Here’s something they don’t tell you before you move to your northern isolated beautiful mountain paradise. Winter is loud. First there are those silent snowfalls and you are deeply in love. You stand amidst the…

Mrs P

Mrs P

Mrs. Paproth was a high end junk dealer or a low end antiques dealer depending on your perspective and the size of your wallet. She liked going to antique auctions and she’d found a way…