EAST MONTPELIER – Many of us are familiar with archy and mehitabel (more of us ought to be), a collection of essays, stories, and poetry written by archy, a cockroach with literary instincts and talents who’s been condemned to a life as a cockroach for the crime of having been[Read More…]
Columns
Back-and-Forth with Temperatures; Warming by the Weekend
HARDWICK – Clearing skies meant seasonable daytime temperatures and cool evenings starting in the middle of last week, as high pressure was in control of our weather. A frontal system approaching during the weekend brought scattered mixed precipitation and a return to below-normal temperatures, with lows Sunday night in the[Read More…]
Monthly Musings
Grace Space SHELBURNE – It feels fitting that what for many was a once in a lifetime spatial experience happened in April, poetry month. In January, as I reflected on the upcoming total solar eclipse and the violence around the world, I wrote the following poem for PoemTown St. Johnsbury.[Read More…]
Headwater Streams Are Vital Sources of Clean Water
FRANCESTOWN, N.H. – For nearly 15 years, I have been exploring the headwaters of a river near my home. The entire drainage area, encompassing all the streams, rainfall, and snowmelt that pass into a single river, is called a watershed. Within each watershed, a system of rivers and streams forms[Read More…]
Willette and Peak are now too Busy for Retirement
WALDEN – Colleen Willette and George Peak of Walden seem to have worked themselves right out of retirement with their Top of the Mountain Vegetable Farm and Bakery. The two native Vermonters began their lives pretty typically. Colleen grew up in Burlington and graduated from Burlington High School in 1974.[Read More…]
Making Outdoor Spaces Work
NORTHFIELD – As warmer weather approaches, it is a great time to consider how to use the outdoor spaces. Whether renting or owning, using public land or private, there are things to think about to help make these outdoor spaces work better. Ideally, the landscape should match needs, lifestyle, time[Read More…]
Bancroft was One of Plainfield’s Early Settlers
by Carla Occaso, The Bridge PLAINFIELD – Baxter Bancroft resided in Plainfield longer than any other, 84 years (by 1882), per an entry in Volume IV of the Vermont Historical Gazetteer edited by Abby Hemenway in 1882. This section is titled “The History of Plainfield, Roxbury, and Fayston.” Bancroft had[Read More…]
Growing Up Black in Hardwick
HARDWICK – My name is Orin LeRoy Bracey Jr. This article describes the youth of an octogenarian African American man, who had the uncommon good fortune to have grown up in rural Vermont in the late 1940s. It will become obvious upon reading this seven-year snapshot of my recollections of[Read More…]
Weather Watch
A couple of absolutely marvelous and warm days occurred on Sunday and Tuesday with sunny skies and mild temperatures. Today will be high pressure’s last day over the region before in moves eastward and clouds return for tomorrow. A frontal system approaching will bring a steady rain Thursday night changing[Read More…]
It’s a Fairly Pleasant Arrangement
by Willem Lange EAST MONTPELIER – Living three and a half hours apart, as we do, my dear friend Bea and I get to see each other about every two weeks or so, on average. This is almost without doubt an ideal arrangement, as our life styles are quite different, and[Read More…]
Growing Up Black in Hardwick
HARDWICK – My name is Orin LeRoy Bracey Jr. This article describes the youth of an octogenarian African American man, who had the uncommon good fortune to have grown up in rural Vermont in the late 1940s. It will become obvious upon reading this seven-year snapshot of my recollections of[Read More…]
