To the editor: I moved to Greensboro in 1946 and I delivered telegrams on my bike because cottages didn’t have phones (let alone internet) and cottages didn’t have refrigerators, just ice boxes with huge blocks of ice to keep food from spoiling. My mother was born in Greensboro, and I have relatives scattered[Read More…]
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Woodsmoke
Enough is Enough
I recently commented to a friend, “Enough is enough, this administration has gone too far,” to which they asked, “When did it cross the line.” It was a good question. Where is the line and what can we do as individuals when it gets crossed. While polls indicate somewhere between[Read More…]
Heller’s World
For the record:
Last week’s Wolcott Elementary School graduation photo did not identify McKenzie Wolff at the right side of the front row. The photo and correct caption are reprinted here this week. A photo in last week’s photo essay, “Hazen Union High School Graduation, Saturday, June 13. ” incorrectly indicated Dr. Baker[Read More…]
The America I used to know
EAST MONTPELIER – Every once in a while, amid the cacophonic news that pours in through the various speakers here and there in the house, I detect a bit of the America I used to know. It’s not necessarily an explicit image, but more of a remembered aroma; as Eliot[Read More…]
Some relief from showery weather; seasonable temperatures
EAST HARDWICK – The persistent rainfall has made it challenging to plan any outdoor activities that require things to be dry. Not every day during the previous forecast period was a washout, but the sporadic nature of showers meant that even with some appearances of the sun, a premonition existed[Read More…]
Relationships are infrastructure, too
HARDWICK – Earlier this month, I received a national award for floodplain management. The recognition is meaningful, of course. But honestly, what has stayed with me most is how the nomination happened in the first place. Five women working in Vermont state government coordinated the nomination effort, gathered support and[Read More…]
Fortification Hill gets historical marker
CABOT – The Cabot Oral History Committee has placed an historical marker identifying the area known as Fortification Hill and its history. Next to the Cabot Plains Cemetery, the sign explains the history of that section of the Cabot Plains Road, which is part of the Bayley Hazen Military Road.[Read More…]
It’s time to pay attention to vegetable gardens
CORNISH FLAT, N.H. – By now, most of us have planted our vegetable gardens. My peas, onions, lettuce, spinach and potatoes went in early, and now our tomatoes and peppers have settled in and are starting to grow. Is it hammock time? No, now it’s better to do some maintenance[Read More…]
Cecropia is a moth with a mission
HOPKINTON, N.H. – My first sighting of a cecropia moth was from a boat. It was a sunny morning and I was paddling along the lakeshore, expecting to see familiar birds. Instead, my eye was drawn to a large brown spot covering an alder leaf. My first thought was that[Read More…]
A meal worth the sting
NEW ENGLAND – One predator-prey interaction always leaves me torn. Birds sparked my love for the natural world years ago, but after my interest lapsed during adolescence, bees brought me back into the fold. So I found myself split between two allegiances the first time I watched a bird, in[Read More…]
