Recently I looked back way beyond the days of my own yesteryear. A coffee meeting with two cousins took me back to the late1800s. One cousin, Betty, lives in Rutland so I see her often. I barely remembered my […]
Category: Column
The Outside Story
The Outside Story; How do cowbirds learn to be cowbirds?
By Carolyn Lorié Unlike the majority of birds, brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) do not start life surrounded by their own kind. The females do not build nests, but instead add their eggs to the clutches of other birds—usually one per […]
Generation Y
Should we stop celebrating birthdays?
I write this column on my younger brother’s 20th birthday—happy birthday, Zach! For me, naturally, this occasion of my younger brother’s aging out of adolescence has led, with predictably anxious self-centeredness, to reflections on my own increasingly ancient status within […]
The Outside Story
The Outside Story: Karner blues make a comeback
By Meghan McCarthy McPhaul The Karner blue, New Hampshire’s state butterfly, is a wisp of a thing, a tiny fluttering of silvery-blue wings. Unless you happen to be wandering through a pine barren or black-oak savannah, however, you’re unlikely […]
Altitude Sickness
Altitude Sickness: Refugees
Empathy, perspective and ethics: refugees and Rutland Today I am going to leave my usual topics and briefly dive into a topic that is in the news here locally: Syrian refugees coming to Rutland. I was surprised and pleased […]
Generation Y
Gen Y: On marriage
Most of the young couples I know who have recently gotten married lived together for a couple years before becoming engaged. For two people who have cohabitated romantically for an extended period of time, their daily routine no different from […]
The Movie Diary
The Movie Diary: Midnight at the oasis
By Dom Cioffi It was after midnight and everyone was in bed. I didn’t feel like watching television and I didn’t feel like reading. I just wanted to be outside. After all, I waited all year to spend time at […]
The Movie Diary
A concerted effort
By Dom Cioffi As I stated in last week’s column, in an effort to inspire my 12-year-old son with his drum lessons, I decided to take him to his first large-scale rock concert. He’s seen local bands play at smaller […]
Column
So much more than books
Courtesy of Sherburne Memorial Library Sherburne Memorial Library invites the public to come in and find out about its extensive offerings. Killington’s Sherburne Library hosts concerts, clubs, classes and programs for all ages By Polly Lynn Yes, your local library […]
Looking Back
Kids’ birthday parties of yesteryear
A group of friends met for breakfast the other day. One topic of conversation was children’s birthday parties in the 50s. A popular trend today is to celebrate at a rented venue. But we all remember our homes as “party […]