Building our Killington Dream dream lodge, Part 7 I felt I was living a double life since everything happened Friday through Sunday. Returning to “normalcy” in New Jersey resembled acting in a surreal play. We knew once we crossed the […]
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Poetry is Power: Petals of Color
Colorful flowers, Purple, yellow, pink and white, Petals of color.
Cosmic Catalogue: Agreement, compromise is unlikely this week
Monday morning and a bright new month begins, albeit on the back foot, as with Mercury, the planet of communication, thinking and logistics hits the brakes and heads in reverse. Don’t expect negotiations, agreements or deals to go according to […]
Easter flowers: what’s in your bouquet?
By Deborah J. Benoit, UVM extension master gardener It’s no surprise that the Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum) is the most popular floral gift for Easter giving, but did you know that, contrary to its name, it isn’t a spring-blooming flower? […]
Pruning fruit trees, it’s not too late
By Debra Heleba, UVM Extension community horticulture director This time of year, when plants are normally in their dormant stage, usually finds gardeners conducting late-winter pruning of apple and other fruit trees. However, recent warmer temperatures may have encouraged many […]
Tales: Riviera Maya By Bruce Bouchard: Shai and the Green Village: A treehouse sanctuary in the heart of Playa
Editor’s note: Bruce Bouchard, former executive director of The Paramount Theatre, and his partner Maureen McKenna Padula have traveled from Rutland to the Riviera Maya for the past three years. This series covers adventures, food, and testimonials from Vermont to […]
Challenges and Critters Building our Killington Dream Lodge, Part 6
We were making progress on Dad’s Killington dream lodge, but it was slow going with lots of delays, often due to frequent weather changes. Whenever it rained, water leaked onto the floor. When it was bitter cold, ice carpeted the […]
Livin’ the Dream: Bumps in the sun, au naturel
By Merisa Sherman I came over the crest, and my heart skipped a beat. I wasn’t ready for this kind of greatness. Who really was expecting something that I don’t remember witnessing since I was a child? A little one […]
The Movie Diary: Fighting for a cause
When I was growing up, my father loved to watch boxing on the weekends. I don’t remember him ever attending any in-person matches, but he would spend hours scrutinizing fights on television. Since he controlled the dial, I watched a […]
The Outside Story: Coming April 8: A Total Eclipse of the Sun
In the cosmic dance of heavenly bodies, no phenomenon possesses the drama of a solar eclipse, when the moon passes directly between the sun and earth. In the path of totality, where the moon completely obscures our home star, the […]