By Brady Crain This was supposed to be a reunion story. Ten days ago as I was packing my car to leave Jersey City, I met someone very special. I was carrying my first load of bags to the garage […]
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Column
Iraqi and Yemeni friends in Vermont
By Marguerite Jill Dye At a time when we may be on the brink of war with a country with which we’ve never had diplomatic relations since its partitioning between Russia and the U.S. after WWII, I am especially aware of […]
Looking Back
The days of factories
By Mary Ellen Shaw If you lived in the Rutland area back in “yesteryear,” you will remember the numerous jobs that were available in area factories. ”Yesteryear” from the point of view of my own early remembrances goes back to […]
The Outside Story
A dragon devours the sun
By Michael J. Caduto More than 3,000 years ago, the Chinese believed that a dragon ate the sun during a solar eclipse, so they gathered outdoors to drive away the beast by beating pots, pans and drums. Some 500 years […]
Generation Y
Spill your guts
By Bret Yates In July, the Boston Globe published an article about the painter Helen Frankenthaler that contained the following sentence: “Frankenthaler’s effects are more visceral, more buzzy and demanding, than pastoral evocations of space.” Every time I encounter the […]
The Movie Diary
Movie Diary – Drawing on friends
By Dom Cioffi The Internet destroyed many industries during its meteoric rise in the late 90s and early 2000s. One of its most devastated victims was the Christmas card. For decades, the Christmas card reigned supreme as the preeminent means […]
Altitude Sickness
Goodbye hot city
By Brady Crain I am back, and thank goodness for that. Living in a non-air conditioned top floor apartment in Jersey City was a little too warm for my blood. Okay, it was a lot too warm for my blood. […]
Column
Ecotherapy and Killington nature notes
By Marguerite Jill Dye Two Sarasota writer friends and I opened the door of the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park’s Forest Center, ready to make notes for our non-stop, no pressure, “free writing” assignment. We’d signed up for Dartmouth Professor Terry […]
Generation Y
Save it forever
By Bret Yates Some weeks ago I mentioned here, offhand, that I expected to hate the new “Spider-Man: Homecoming” movie, which was turned out to be totally wrong; I saw it, and I enjoyed it more than any other comic […]
Rockin' The Region
Rockin’ the region with 802-U2
Photo by Mike O’Brien The 802 Music Series held at Paramount gives props to the local music scene, offering intimate concerts right on the stage, with just a few seats available for the shows. By DJ Dave Hoffenberg One […]