Well…
Well, it’s been an interesting week. The house is on a hill, so nothing major here other than a leak from the wind-driven, torrential rain and the week-long boil water warning. Roads to and between towns were closed for days, Read More ➤
Well, it’s been an interesting week. The house is on a hill, so nothing major here other than a leak from the wind-driven, torrential rain and the week-long boil water warning. Roads to and between towns were closed for days, Read More ➤
Do not poke the Gen-Xers. Yes, we’re tired… and slow… and pained by bright lights. But we’re trying to go unnoticed, and… Read More ➤
Mother nature has clearly run out of meds—but then who can… Read More ➤
Spider season is upon us… and they’re determined to stop my heart at least once this spring/summer. Nothing like… Read More ➤
Life in Vermont means you have some pretty unique days to celebrate. Town Meeting Day is the day for town/village elections and public meetings on referendums and such. I had never heard of this until moving up here, and frankly it’s a pretty cool thing. Then there’s Bennington Battle Day, a state holiday celebrating a particular battle in the Revolutionary war.
But there are also days… Read More ➤
Since this has been a “normal” Vermont winter, for the most part, I haven’t bothered documenting much. We’ve just had the usual accumulating snow for the last two months, with no big snow storms, and the typical piles of snow line the streets and the driveway.
The cold hasn’t been… Read More ➤
“Quiet whisper in the dead of night, tells me everything will be alright…” Read More ➤
When we were first moving to Vermont in 2012, apartments were at a premium. I wanted to live close to work, if possible. But Waterbury had just suffered a significant flood, and there was ONE apartment available. To cover all Read More ➤
Despite half a life of being a social anthropologist at heart, I just don’t understand people sometimes. This exchange is from early 2018, but it struck just enough nerve that I took notes and promised myself to revisit. I have Read More ➤
Vermont gets snow—that’s just a fact of life. The storms are far less intense and disruptive than many I experienced in Delaware, but measurable snow on May 9? I definitely don’t… Read More ➤