Dream in Color
Will O’Donnell is a local writer who lived in Killington since 2023 and in Vermont since 2019. He began writing songs in his teens and performed in Cleveland, Ohio and surrounding areas as the vocalist for various bands. He progressed into poetry and short stories in my early 20s and is developing that skillset currently.
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Gratitude
December 11, 2024
With the holiday season upon us and many of us traveling to visit family, we must take time to consider gratitude. Where does it come from? How is it sustained? How do you show it when you are feeling it? What can you do to find more gratitude? How does it affect us and others…
The Gray
November 27, 2024
I’ve been checking in with myself on a concept I like to call The Gray. I am focusing on the gray as a way to meet situations I encounter in an open, honest and wholesome way. Paired with extreme ownership and radical acceptance, I am feeling more in control over things I previously felt discouraged…
Sunday funday
November 20, 2024
As I wake up much earlier than I was supposed to, much earlier than my alarm, I am greeted with the rays of a brand new day. I get myself together and start going through the pile of messages from friends, looking to spend time with me or go to the show together that night.…
Stick around and grow
November 6, 2024
This is the time of year when nature shows us how to let go When all of the leaves have fallen The trees stand proud and bare They slowly release what does not serve them What they leave behind in the soil helps fuel their future growth. When the cold crashes in hard, the naked…
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Making Halloween
October 30, 2024
Whether you went to the Wobbly to be seen and dance to club music, went to see Phish from Vermont at the charity event in Albany to support addiction recovery, or you’re just trick or treating somewhere with the littles, Halloween time is accessible and fun for everyone. Halloween has been my favorite holiday, since…
Bring on the snow!
October 23, 2024
As New Englanders, we are a rare breed. While people elsewhere are dreading the change from the bright and warm summer fading into a gray and humbling winter, we have been waiting for this all year. The snow is a chance to prove ourselves to ourselves. To challenge ourselves. To cleanse ourselves, in a way,…
Picture window
October 17, 2024
As we move into the ski season change is abundant The quiet roads are starting to become more animated. Soon they will be bursting at the seams with life again The slow simmer that builds into a wonderful celebration of snow A morning commute filed with so many electric colors With a rich palette of…
Dream in Color: She has invited me to this space tonight
October 9, 2024
Yet I seem to be the least important person in the building to her Will I ever be an equal to her drinking buddies, who after years, she has never opened up to? When she talks to everyone else in the room I sit and wonder if I will get a turn A chance to…
The shade of my heart
September 26, 2024
Intro I saw on the internet the other day a woman commenting on online dating: “If you are ‘still figuring it out,’ then maybe you should take a minute and do that before dating.” After thinking about it, I agreed. While I know everyone does things at their own pace and in their own way,…
The student and the teacher
September 18, 2024
Growing up, my parents had some kind of large toy that wasn’t functioning. I remember it so vividly. It was white with red and blue stripes. Big white stars. The sides and headboard showed a man burning rubber with an impertinent amount of orange and yellow flames, doing an amazing wheelie on a Triumph motorcycle.…
Wake of the flood
August 21, 2024
By Will O'Donnell Part 1: The calm before the storm After moving to Vermont in 2019 and spending the next few years there, I left for a brief outing in small town New York, just past the border. A beautiful lake, a quaint small community and an intense education in horticulture was no match for…
A domino effect
August 14, 2024
By Will O'Donnell This is an effort to shed a little light on a darker side of the mountains. To offer a sliver of peace, hope and closure to those affected by the loss of someone in our lives who fought a silent battle with themself. Behind us lies another warrior, fallen victim to the…
