March 7, 2013
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As I prepare to make my exit from Vermont it seems only right to look back at my flatlander’s perspective on my arrival. Here’s one of the more popular Bloggle posts on the matter — from November, 2005, “Vermonter Quiz, … Continue reading
March 6, 2012
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In addition to being Town Meeting Day in Vermont, where hardy New Englanders can vote for the usual slate of local issues — school budgets, parking meters, firehouses, local taxes and the willfully optimistic call to overturn Citizen’s United and … Continue reading
September 28, 2011
by deCadmus
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“I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.”
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
September 13, 2011
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The single sugar maple tree in my back yard — for some weeks clearly stressed — is a lost cause, says the tree guy, and is soon to be a pile of wood for autumn bonfires. Acer S., the tree … Continue reading
September 10, 2011
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Just a quick note to remind folks that epic fantasy author Terry Brooks will be making a stop at Flying Pig Bookstore in bucolic Shelburne, Vermont on Sunday. Which is tomorrow. As Terry’s likely to turn out a crowd, the … Continue reading
August 30, 2011
by deCadmus
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So it turns out that Irene wasn’t the “Storm of the Century” for folks on the Atlantic Seaboard — beach town and megapolis alike were spared the brunt of Irene’s wrath — but rural Vermont wasn’t so lucky. Torrential rains … Continue reading
August 23, 2011
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March 12, 2010
by deCadmus
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Driving around Vermont this time of year you’re sure to see the telltale blooms of steam billowing from hilltop sugar houses… Vermont’s surest sign that we’re at the muddy intersection between a long, snowy winter and spring greening. I suspect … Continue reading