When a person first moves from the city to the country, no matter how long the dream has been conjured, there is still a certain amount of transition shock. This goes both ways of course….
It is November and in November it rains a lot and snows a little in Vermont. It rains quite a lot actually. And the wind blows. All of that snow we get over the next…
I am not an organized person. I am someone who loses her keys. I am one of those people who has to call her phone to find it. And I am the kind who might…
I married a man who was steady, responsible and solid. He loves with a quiet loyalty and patience that humbles. That same man married an almost unstable woman whose emotional viability fluctuates a bit over…
Cliffy was a carpenter whom I’d found at the local hardware store. I’d taken to hanging out there in hopes of finding someone who could fix our doors so that they opened when one was…
Right after we moved here we visited the local church. Pretty much all the whole town had was a country store, (which we were destined to ruin), a church, a post office, and a couple…
The Girl’s Houseby Ellen QuestelSandgate Vermont After you live in the country for a while you start wanting things. It is no different from living in the city. You want things there too, mostly new…