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Mooned

The beauty of a garden can be told by anyone, but the story of a garden resides beneath the fingernails, and in the sore muscles of a few designated laborers…

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Under Doing

Riding home with a cold beverage from the cooler, a passenger possibly and sore bones…

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Pop. 359

It's been raining a lot, so much so that Vermont's emerald green now rivals Ireland; at least, that…

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Weeding the Forest

She asked me to come by & discuss a gardening job, in case I had any ideas…

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Hodge Podge

It’s been a crazy couple weeks of hodge podge …

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Soft Serve

We saw the soft-serve symbology: a Cremee graphic hanging next to a car repair shop and pulled in, hot and excited…

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Gilmore

Anyone using Google Earth knows that maps are a fluid construct…

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Rain Date

The flower explosions of spring come late in the mountains, and some may miss them, for blinking…

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Invasive Species

"What?' I yell, as the semi pumps his engines, making conversation nearly impossible…

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Annie

What a glorious time to walk the woods, when only a few things have ventured forth yet, green…

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Everest

Sometimes I just want to walk, but I don't know where to go…

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Naysayers


This week my spirits were lifted by a couple acts of kindness…

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The Ledges

The band was "Big Pick" playing at the local bar as usual on a Friday night, but it was still early in the day, so we decided to climb into the town forest, before going for a beer…

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The Bridge

The route taken is often a juncture, where trusted maps and impulse collide…

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Pond on the Map

The power of the imagination is great, and is the starting place for mapping a reality, known or unknown…

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Stay-cation

I'm sure many of us have the experience of our friends & family leaving Vermont in March, while we stick around…

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Soule

The sign said "Wilderness Area" as we knew it would, and yet, we continued to gaze down at the impassable stream, hidden by snow, each of us wanting to cross over…

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