Editorial
Heller’s World
Women’s care is as essential as women
As a reporter, occasionally I find story leads in odd places, so literally walking into this discovery some weeks ago left me quite pleased. After completing a shift scooping ice cream in Stowe, my double life, as some readers and area ice cream lovers have discovered, I ran into some[Read More…]
Heller’s World
Brief update on legislative session
MONTPELIER – I hope we can find our way to ensure the continuation of a thriving version of this wonderful democracy, one we obviously cannot take for granted. I received a hundred or so requests for my legislative update (11 pages). If you’d still like one and haven’t received it,[Read More…]
No ceasefire in our war on nature. No, we’re not winning
ROYALTON – Hot day, full heat of summer. The river beckons, babbling around the bends, churning between stones. Rather than nose-dive down the steep bank, I choose the simpler footpath. Spring has been wet enough to keep gardeners happy, vegetation robustly green. Which is why the brown really stood out.[Read More…]
Heller’s World
Vuong hopes to inspire, delight readers
GREENSBORO – Acclaimed poet, novelist, professor and photographer Ocean Vuong came to the Highland Center for the Arts Sunday afternoon and read a number of his poems as well as discussing his life and work, presented as the first of three talks of authors in the Back Roads Reading programs[Read More…]
Budbill poetry read, performed, July 19
GREENSBORO – On Sunday, July 19, from 3 to 4 p.m., at the Highland Center for the Arts, Nadine Budbill, Jody Gladding, Abby Paige, William Parker and Mark S. Robers will perform of the late David Budbill’s poetry. The performance will weave together Budbill’s prose-like poems with his ancient Chinese-inspired poems.[Read More…]
Woodsmoke
This quarter century has gone by quickly
Just eight of ten generations of United States citizens have lived through what has become perhaps the longest lasting democracy in the world today. While the United Kingdom and Switzerland have older government frameworks dating back to the 1600s, or earlier, political scientists seem to require universal suffrage and fully[Read More…]
