A spiraling, dancing, perplexing world Deeply sensing, exploring every corner and crevice With pleasure and play, opening and blossoming to the unfurling potential In sincerity & reverence, in wonder & amazement at the truth of this beauty This sacred, holy, ever-changing wild, alive mystery Caressed and held with tender hands,[Read More…]
Editorial
The Window Above Brunoâs
It is still there, in eveningâs dusk of a late August, the second-floor window where my friendâs father would sit to watch the Summersâ Street roll out its tableaux vivants of un-staged occurrences. The window is always dark yet frames the memory of his face lit by the dimness of a fiftyâs street lamp. Iâve found a[Read More…]
Straw
I sweep the dirt thinking about the debate. So much accumulates! Dust and wind In the corners of the porch pollen and spider webs; trapped insects sometimes fly free I try to use gentle strokes, but muscles often strain for force. Breathe out Mark Brown East Calais This poem was[Read More…]
North Pole, Equator
Forced together In one place In one year We should be so lucky To build Our lives Our homes Here Ryan Andrus Hardwick This poem was written for the Verse-Village celebration of April Poetry Month.
Love, Loss, Repeat
The oldish woman sat on the dock in the chilling shade reading a book, alone, except for a lone paddler in an orange kayak on the wind rippled lake. She purposely was sitting there to be by herself while she finished the last pages of a book that she didn’t want to end. It ended. She[Read More…]
Significant Change Needs More Engagement
To the editor: Last week the Town of Greensboro held the required public information meeting prior to the Australian ballot vote on the conveyance (Purchase and Sale Agreement) of the Greensboro Town Hall to Gilman Housing Trust (Rural Edge). While the meeting provided an opportunity for members of the community[Read More…]
Start With Why
To the editor: The only spokesperson is the select board, all five of them. They are pushing the sale of Greensboro’s Town Hall.The only fearmongering, the deliberate arousing of public fear, is the fear of those in town to speak up due to possible retribution. How can one be fearful of[Read More…]
Letâs All Stand With Harvard
In her Monday blog post, Heather Cox Richardson, an American historian and Boston College professor wrote, âThe Trump administration announced on April 11 that it would withhold from Harvard University $2.2 billion in grants already awarded and a $60 million contract unless Harvard permitted the federal government to control the[Read More…]
Why Review Copley Birthing Center
MORRISTOWN â In 2022 regional legislators voted on behalf of their constituents to find ways to reduce health care costs. As a result, Act 167 was passed and the state hired the Oliver Wyman team to determine how to streamline healthcare in Vermont. The final Wyman report recommended Copley consider several[Read More…]
Smart Growth is Trojan Horse for Developers
WALDEN â Economist Kenneth Boulding famously said, âAnyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist”. Bouldingâs words came to mind recently during Vermont Natural Resources Councilâs (VNRC) Smart Growth Conference in Montpelier, which I attended. Donât get[Read More…]
Will They Round up the âHomegrownsâ?
CRAFTSBURY â The Bill of Rights in our Constitution explicitly provides freedoms of speech and assembly via Amendment l. Amendment lV provides protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. Amendment XlV states those residing here cannot be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law. The Constitution was written[Read More…]
Inspiring Others to Stay Engaged
HARDWICK â As people in our community and around the world call for change (many with groups like Indivisible and 50501, and some coming out in peaceful demonstrations in the streets/public places/town hall meetings, as well as the huge rallies being held by Bernie Sanders and AOC all around the[Read More…]
