What a day… Trillions of dollars lost, two hot wars, unemployment rising too fast to count, and still yesterday we were all united and hopeful. There was a feeling of expectation in the air as…
It is a transformational moment. We are being asked to pay attention. Barack Obama stands today as a beacon of hope against the tides of racism and division of the last eight years. Will we…
The end of summer in Vermont is conflicted. The gardens are bursting from all the rain and this tardy sunshine. The sun flowers are grinning and bobbing their heads looking like summer herself. They are…
Vermont is enjoying the prettiest summer of our five years up here. We had a very wet spring and the mountains are every shade of green nature can dream up. The soil in this high…
So finally I live in liberal Vermont instead of the conservative Midwest during what is arguably the most exciting political season of the century. You’d think I’d be happy living in a place where at…
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….
Our family lived in the Midwest all of our lives before following the dream and moving to Vermont five years ago. MO is a solid red state. We had our kids in hip urban independent…
