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Breathe In and Out

Breathe In and Out

There is panic in the air these days. I cannot comprehend how trillions of dollars appear and disappear in days, even hours, nothing tangible yet affecting so many people in so many ways. I don’t…

A Colorful Reminder

A Colorful Reminder

There is a mist around the tops of the mountains in the mornings now. The cold air is here and the sun has yet to burn off the thick curly wisps the night left behind….

Choosing To See

Choosing To See

The quality of the light is reason enough to want to live in Vermont. Yes it gets dark early in winter, but even then we have the brilliant sparkly light of moon on snow. And…

The Understory

The Understory

These rains just keep coming. There are sunny breaks but they are just that, moments when the sun breaks through before the storms blow back and take over the skies, the roads, and our mountains….

Summer Storms

Summer Storms

The whole island woke up at about two thirty in the morning. The air was thick with an unusual humidity and the storm was rolling in fast. The barometric pressure dropped and our ears tingled…

Manorside…The Rest of That Story

Manorside…The Rest of That Story

The early-June day had begun back in St Louis, already mired in its notorious heat and humidity. None of us would miss its oppressive summer climate. Well, maybe I would, following the fifth or sixth…

Why Vermont Anyway???

Why Vermont Anyway???

We pulled onto our lane. It was a dirt road that ended at our new life. The house in Vermont, which we had been thinking about and talking about every day for eight months was…